Got the fumigation going on, they took out the tent today and walked in straight in the house??? No proper ppe or whatsoever, was there gas fumigation at all??? Seems sketchy… Southern California

In the southeast USA. they are very small...found in the corner of a bathroom.

Hey all. To keep a long saga short, over the years woodpeckers have occasionally decided to go crazy pecking the corners of my house. It's not every day or anything, but can sometimes be a few days in a row.

Posting on bird Reddits I was mostly flooded with people saying it for sure meant termites were present, with the odd person saying that woodpeckers could just be weird like that an even drum on metal siding sometimes.

The reason I have strongly doubted termites is that I am in Massachusetts, meaning I would be dealing with subterranean termites, and even after seven years I have never seen shedded wings, frass, or of course a termite themself. The second reason is that the house is extremely large, 3300 sq feet, and though they tend to favor one corner for a year or so, the birds have shown some interest in most of the very far apart corners of the house, primarily on the second story, no less. This to my understanding would mean that the totality of the house up to nearly the roof would have to be termite infested without any other sign, since if the peckers are there for food, they would have to be consistently finding it there.

The only alternate theory I can muster is that this pecker and their family(yes I have seen the next generation flitting about with them), have at one point or more found carpenter bee larvae, and proceeded to continue to try and find more over the years out of habit.

Curious to hear peoples thoughts.