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Is your home at risk?
When you are dealing with termites you need to be aware of the potential risks. Being proactive will help eliminate possible invasions. Your Frontline Pest Professional is fully trained and fully equipped with all the tools necessary to ensure that your home remains pest free.
- Wood piles stacked near your home can attract termites.
- Wood decks or any other wood to ground, provide direct access to your home.
- Allowing grass and vegetation to grow to long can provide harborage.
- You should insure that water is draining away from you home. Excess water can become a breeding ground for many insects including termites.
- Ground cover such as mulch can that retains water and moisture can become an issue.
- Cracks in the foundation are an open door invitation for termites to come in.
- Siding should have adequate clearance from the ground.
Termite risk factors
Some signs that you may have termites…
Wood Damage
Termites eat wood from the inside out so, unfortunately if you begin to notice wood damage its very possible that its extensive. Because termites eat cellulose they leave behind the wood grain, this causes the wood to be hollowed out in a unique pattern.
Discarded Wings
Swarmers take flight to begin a new colony. Soon after they will begin to shed their wings. If are finding small piles of wings its very possible that you home has been chosen as a new nesting site.
Termite Swarmers
Subterranean Termites typically swarm in the morning during spring and the fall. Time of year and time of day will greatly depend on the weather and temperature. Termite swarmers look similar to flying ants. In fact without a trained eye it can be quite hard to distinguish between the two.
Mud Tunnels
In the search for your homes wood many times termites will resort to creating mud tunnels. Mud tunnels act as a bridge from the ground up to you siding, a weep hole, cracked in the foundation or some other access point that allows them to reach your homes wood supply. Subterranean Termites require constant moisture and the mud tunnels allow them to go above ground and still provides them with moisture.