If you live in the Atlanta, GA area, chances are you know what termites are…and that they eat houses.
Here’s some information you may NOT know…
Common Myths:
- Termites can chew through concrete
- Termites are like ants
- Termites colonies have a king and a queen
- Only the queen can lay eggs (true for most ants)
- Ants and termites will kill each other
- Aerial nests can happen
- Termite colonies contain millions of individuals
- All termites eat live trees
- All termites make carton nests
- Water will drown termites
- Old exterminating products worked better than current ones
- Termite baits don’t work
- Termites must have moisture to survive
Facts:
- Termites can fit through a 1/32″ crack
- Termite colonies consist of males and females
- Termite colonies have one queen and potentially many kings
- There are many sources of eggs in a mature termite colony
- Ants and termites can be found together
- Most termites colonies come from the ground and go up
- Native termite colonies contain hundreds of thousands of individuals
- Formosan termites eat live trees
- Formosan termites can live away from the ground – carton nests
- Formosan termites survived the flooding of New Orleans
- Exterminating products lasted longer in the past…at the expense of our environment. Today’s products are just as effective, but with a lower environmental impact.
- Termite baits must be ingested to work
- Dry wood termites do not require water to survive