What You Need to Know Water damage and termite damage can look similar, as both may result in bubbling or peeling paint. Termite damage may look different depending on whether it was created by ...

There are 2,800 termite species in the world. While only 28 species are known to eat infrastructure and buildings, termites are excellent breeders. Their queens live up to 25 years and lay about ...

Q: I live in an older home, and I recently noticed flying insects and piles of wings near the foundation. I’m worried I might have a termite infestation; how can I tell, and if I do have termites, ...

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Termite swarming season, a period of high termite activity and reproduction, is approaching in Florida. Eastern subterranean and Formosan termites pose significant threats to Florida homeowners, ...

Termites, found on every continent except Antarctica, are often referred to as "silent destroyers." These small, social insects live in colonies and spend their lives primarily in search of ...

It’s 9 p.m. on a muggy night in May, and winged insects – Formosan subterranean termites – are flying inside your home, or termites that have lost their wings are walking in pairs on your floor. What ...

It's termite swarming season in Southeast Texas. Every year around late spring the Formosan subterranean termites set out in mass. They take flight on nights when there is little wind, usually ...

At first the 15-foot by 4-foot plexiglass case looks like a massive piece of art — an abstract of a river delta or the veins of a leaf. But then you see tiny pale things scuttling, moving their way ...

To the human eye, the light trap looks like a simple bucket with some screen and a black light hanging from the top. To the Formosan subterranean termites, it’s an entirely different story. “That’s ...

Termite season is here and that's when homeowners call our office in search of information. All it takes is a crack the width of a credit card in the slab or around a pipe for termites to gain ...