Of all of the pests that can invade our home, termites often fly under the radar. Termites don’t bite you or leave marks on your skin, but they can literally eat you out of house and home. Pest control experts have put together a list of symptoms you can look for in and around your home for a potential termite infestation. Here are a few highlights.
Termites are great at hiding their massive numbers inside your walls. In fact, some people live with serious infestations of termites in their homes for months before the bugs present themselves. One of the first pieces of evidence you can look for are termite trails. Subterranean termites build mud tubes from the ground up to your home’s wood.
Termite control services will often tell people that the best way to hunt for damage is to simply go around knocking on wood. Termites love to burrow into wood that is otherwise healthy and eat it from the outside in. If you think you have a termite problem, take some time and knock on pieces of wood around your home or behind walls. If what should be a solid piece suddenly sounds hallow, than you may have a problem. Pest control experts will say, however, not to confuse wood that has become rotten over time with wood that has become lunch for a colony of termites.
If your infestation is bad enough, termite and pest control experts will tell you to look for wings lying around your home. Termites are very good at hiding from people, but they do shed their wings and if you have enough bugs in your home, you can start finding them everywhere. They are semi-transparent, sort of like the termites they came from and about an inch long. Once you see a pair, you’ll have the proof you need to call a Slug-A-Bug.
Finding termites in your home can be a difficult task. Even rash acts like punching a hole through your wall to see if there are bugs on the other side can fail if you aren’t checking the right area. Follow these tips and you’ll know if a call to pest and termite control service is necessary.