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Can Termite Swarmers Help Us In The Field Of Robotics?
Termite swarms are never a pleasant sight. However, they are quite interesting. Termites often rely on a form of collective intelligence to achieve maximum efficiency in foraging, construction and coordination. This has aroused the curiosity of researchers, who are...
Termite Mounds Algorithm
Termites can build extremely complex structures, and researchers started wondering if they could replicate the blueprints of termite colonies using mathematical algorithms. Researchers were particularly interested in termite mounds, which are perhaps the greatest...
How Researchers Are Rethinking The Evolution Of Termites
Termites are both important ecologically and harmful to human settlements. As such, they have been a subject of study for many years. In a new breakthrough study, a research team of evolutionary biologists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, have...
Why Are Subterranean Termite Infestations Always Found Within Substructural Wood Components Around Foundations?
There exists around 30 termite species in the United States that are known for infesting woodwork, and most of these species can be found only in the southern half of the country. Fortunately, only one termite pest species known as Reticulitermes flavipes can be found...
What Every Homeowner Needs To Know Before Replacing Termite Damaged Structural Lumber Within A Home
Modern termite control efforts aim to prevent infestations as opposed to only treating existing infestations. The most popular termite prevention methods used today include termiticide barriers around homes, physical barriers barriers around homes, structural wood...
Subterranean Termites Can Live In Your Home For Years
Termites are part of an ancient group of insects that has been around for over 120 million years. During this period, they have been pretty successful at entering new environments and muscling out any competition that comes in their way. They are social insects that...
Most Forms Of Termite Damage Occur Within A Home
Termites are common structural pests that exist within all regions of the United States, besides Alaska. Although each state contains termite life, no states see a greater abundance and diversity of termite species than Gulf Coast states. While not everyone in the US...
Natural DIY Methods To Eliminate Termites
Termites will devastate any building that they infest. Once inside wood, they do not take long to chew through it and use it to grow their numbers. One of the ways to deal with this issue before it causes too much damage is to have regular termite inspections and...
Do Termites Eat Clothes?
Termites do not take long to find a home and infest the wood inside it. However, termites are not just a threat to your furniture and wooden pillars. They will also take great joy in tearing up your clothes. What draws termites to clothes There are thousands of...
Differences Between Drywood And Subterranean Termites
There are about 2750 termite species worldwide, but only a few of them are considered pests in the US. The two most common termite pest species in the US are the drywood and subterranean termites. So what is the difference between these two? Drywood termites Drywood...
Subterranean Termites FAQ
The home is perhaps the biggest financial investment that anyone will make during their lifetime, and as such, it’s important to keep it well protected. From detecting an infestation to getting it under control, our customers have asked us quite a few questions, and...
In Some Regions Of The World, Termites Infest Every House In Every Residential Area
In the United States, the annual economic cost incurred by termite damage amounts to at least five billion dollars. Most of this damage is inflicted by the eastern subterranean termite, the Formosan subterranean termite and other subterranean termite species. There...
How Do Termite Inspections Differ Between Crawlspace Houses And Basement Houses
How Do Termite Inspections Differ Between Crawlspace Houses And Basement Houses? Which Type Of Foundation Is Most Susceptible To Termite Attack? Many homes that were built before the 1970s, and virtually all homes that were built before the 1950s are outdated in the...
How To Budget For Termite Treatments
Termite treatments are a necessary expense from time to time for most homeowners, and in comparison to the damage that an uncontrolled infestation can do, the price is quite accessible. The cost of the treatment will depend on the size of the infestation, the area...
Is Your Office Building Safe from Termites?
Finding termites at your workplace is something that you might imagine very little or imagine not at all. Because usually, offices are built around an area with high-traffic and a parking lot that does not have much vegetation or grass around it. But you must not be...
Subterranean Termite Populations
Subterranean termite infestations can be very damaging to the home. The termites will build tunnels from the ground to the wooden structures of the building, and they will begin to consume the wood. As the colony feeds, it grows, and as it grows, it does more damage,...
How Subterranean Termites Farm Beneficial Bacteria
Subterranean termites do not have the best built-in immune system, so they have to make their own antibiotics. How, you ask? By recycling their own fecal matter. And the antibiotics generated in this way make termites immune to natural pest control methods. However,...
Termite Warranty or Not To Warranty?
Termites are found in more than 5 million homes on average each year in the United States, and it is estimated that termite damage costs U.S. homeowners $5 billion each year. Since insurance doesn’t cover termite damage, you, the homeowner, are on the hook for the...
Termite Trivia: Seven Truths to Amaze Your Friends
Termites. Here’s what we know about them: they are destructive, damaging, drywood, dampwood & subterranean decomposers. But what don’t you know about them? Don’t rush to Google it! Here are some interesting fun facts to memorize and recite at your next gathering....
Three Types Of Reproductive Termites Found Within Subterranean Termite Colonies
The eastern subterranean termite is the most commonly managed and economically costly termite species in the United States, and these are the only termite pests found in Massachusetts where they are abundant. These termites live in underground colonies that contain...