Posts tagged ‘termites’

Difference Between Termites and Wood Rot

By admin, 28 July, 2010, No Comment

Subterranean termites and dry rot (kind of wood rot) are the two extremely harmful forces which can destroy even a single item of your home. They both are often misconceived by majority of the people.

The NPMA-33 Termite Inspection Form

By admin, 28 July, 2010, No Comment

If you have termites, or if you think that you do, you will have to get a termite inspector or pest control company to call and carry out an inspection for you. This could be laden with risks of scam inspectors and phony pest control firms, if it were not for the The National Pest Management Association.

Termite Control

By admin, 28 July, 2010, No Comment

Termites are pests that can cause major damage to homes and often they are not detected until extensive damage has been done. Strangely, termites are similar to people. They are social in nature and will, if left undetected, tear down your home, piece by piece.

The Termite Queen

By admin, 28 July, 2010, No Comment

For the scientifically-minded, termites are eusocial animals of the Class Insecta; Subclass Pterygota; Infraclass Neoptera; Superorder Dictyoptera and Order Isoptera. They are not related to ants in any way, although some people speak of them as white ants. Having said, that termites do share certain traits with ants: firstly, work is divided along lines of gender and secondly, the leader of the colony is the termite queen.