Drywood Termites Infestation

My neighbor Michele had a termite problem and she asked me about it recently. Well, I went online to do some reading and tell Michele more about termites. I discovered that what Michele has in her home Drywood Termites. At first she thought she's got a weird strain of albino ants in her place. She found them by accident almost, as a piece of furniture broke down and she took it out to the garbage. She noticed these strange little "white ants" crawling over it and stopped to gaze for a while even.

As it turned out, these little white ants were in fact Drywood Termites. Michele and her husband weren't sure what to do and I advised contacting a professional pest control agency. As much as I find termites fascinating, with their complex social structure, I realize they are a real danger to the household. A Drywood Termite infestation can literally bring down your wooden home. These tiny creatures have evolved in nature to be able to consume trees (which they do in their natural habitat), but as they moved into our homes, they just went ahead to consume our furniture and wooden infrastructure. An infestation may be small in scale to begin with, but then it can and will move on.

It was a good thing that Michele called the bug guys so soon. They managed to track down the nest and stopped the termites in their tracks. They told her this was a lucky break, as the little buggers can be hard to find. I actually read that some companies use dogs to track them down! Anyway, it didn't get to a complete fumigation… yet. They did say that if more termites are found, total fumigation may be required.