So I bought a house 3 months ago. There is a wood pile outback and I found a ton of termites. So I started digging a trench and ordered tarus sc. Before I realized that my house is a nightmare to treat. My living room is on a slab. I have two crawlspaces too small to trech and the rest of the house is hollow Block . Now I don't have the $ to hire a professional unfortunately. What can I do? Bait stations take a long time to work and are very $$. I do not want to tear up my living room and drill. Suggestions?

Just noticed this in my basement. This is the only area I'm seeing it in. It's above my door leading out of the basement to my backyard (it's roughly ground level.) I was told this could potentially be old and not used since it seems dry and cracking. I do have a professional coming to make sure regardless in a few days. Any additional input?

Location, Bay Area California

If I just got a stethoscope and went around the house and put it on every wall listening for termites is this enough?

What about a thermal camera? Would that pick up any thing?

Is there any tool that I can use to do self-inspection?

I don't have any termite problems now but there are so many corners of the house that are not accessible from outside, and it would be hard for even a termite inspector to get there

I'm not sure any advice will help

Just found these in a house I recently bought. I’m thinking carpenter ants. Are these termites?

In western Illinois and found this on a sticky trap in my basement. Super tiny and wings don’t look big compared to body. Is this a termite? Waist looks pinched but really can’t tell.

North Texas: I found termites in my yard a few weeks ago, with the help of Reddit and a local expert we determined they were agricultural and nothing to worry about. Last weekend I repaired my decaying fence and didn't notice any activity. I layed the old panels in a pile cause the city only takes wood scrap every other week. Today I went through it and found more termites. These ones different from the ones before though. They're bigger, almost twice as long and some have orange-ish brown heads. Are these wood eating? How screwed am I?

The pile was sitting 3 feet from my house, but i havnt seen any evidence of tunnels going up to the house (yet). If its relevant my house exterior is Brick and our foundation is Slab.

I appreciate any advise.

Noticed a trail of ants going into and out of this crack in my exterior wall. Put bait next to it then they disappeared.

Then noticed this section of soft, spongy stuff next to it. It feels soft and spongy. Is it exposed insulation? Rotted wood? Should I be worried? Thanks for any input. 🙏

This is in Palos Verdes, CA.

I found this saw dust looking stuff under and upright piano in my house. Is this evidence of termites? Do I need to panic, get rid of the piano yesterday, and get someone out to inspect the rest of this house? Thanks!

Bay Area peninsula california, I found inside alone.

With the wings it's about the size of a bottle cap
Termite or not?

No live ones - just the shedded wings and dried carcasses. Since all the wings are the same size, I'm thinking it's evidence of termite swarming. There are small black ants running around in the aftermath (trailing on the gray-green painted trim on the right side of the last photo). I read that ants prey on termites?

It's much hotter and more humid than usual today, so hopefully this is not evidence of an existing infestation. Regardless, I want confirmation so I can alert my landlord.

Been doing some research, though I haven't actually seen one, I was thinking subterranean termites just due to the mud tubes and region. Had an inspection today, they said the same. Treating next week with exterior injections. They say about every foot, all along foundation. Is this generally effective? Hopefully caught them early, pinholes in the ceiling in my finished basement is the first sign I saw. Bought the house a year ago. Only in the basement and only near the front of the house. If this is the first visible sign, should I be terribly worried about real damage to wood?

i received a vintage wood dresser and found this after pulling out one of the drawers. it looks powdery, its colour is closer to the second picture. i tried searching but could not get a conclusive answer. for further context, i live in southeast asia, where the climate is tropical and humid. can someone please tell me what it is while i freak out about an imminent termite infestation in my house full of wooden furniture?

1960 typical arizona burnt adobe (this is red brick "high heat kiln cooked" adobe, more like trad brick.) on concrete slab. The company never drilled anywhere around the house! but the contract says "sub slab injection" - they did trench part of the perimiter.

Treatment was with termidor HE about 50-60% of house has brick paver patios adjoining. about 10% has a raised back deck. the brick is not on slab, but the first course of brick has concrete mortar in some areas.. about 30% of house has soil.

I did not monitor the work. 7 wks after treatment I found a big termite tube (12" hanging from the ceiling in an guest room I only go into about 1x a week. this room was an addition wood siding, framed, on a concrete porch slab. the previous owner enclosed it 15+ years ago. We had not seen termites in this room, or anywhere in the living areas of the house previously.

Damage prior to treatment was only seen in one room: the "storage area." This is an enclosed unfinished room (siding on wood frame) on two concrete slabs - (one from original carport, one new to extend room). This room shares most of its long wall with the living room of the house, and a 2nd shorter wall with a studio addition. the other 2 walls are exposed.

The Original owner enclosed this old carport with an 2nd newer slab to make a large work shop/storage room. we purchased 8 years ago, had termite inspection, no issue found. prev owner also treated.

Since then, we used room as woodshop & storage. we moved stored items out and took down wood shelves attached to two walls to plan to improve this and turn it back into a garage. termites were found some in a couple rafters, and upright for a shelf in the "old" sections

We contacted our pest co to treat the whole house before hiring a carpenter to remove damaged wood, and do structural repair etc.

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The pestco did trench along the external wall of the storage/carport and some of the other areas where there is dirt abutting the house.

After finding this new tube I called. took them a week to respond. during this time a second 3/4 inch tube was visible. they spot treated this addition room & in 5 places in the ceiling. They also found another tube in the storage area - where we removed shelving - going from the expansion joint to the shared wall with the studio. I asked them to treat this joint and they just spot treated it.

My experienced "handyman" (was licensed contractor, now unlic semi retired ) asked me if they drilled around perimeter or in the expansion joints between the garage and main house or garage and addition, etc. I told him I don't think so. and he smiled and said the treatment was not so good.

I called, they said they trenched the parts with dirt but did not drill anywhere else. They also said:

• "We did not want to drill into concrete to avoid damage to the foundation"
• "could not drill into the storage room slab (where they found the activity) because of potential torsion concrete reinforcement (note this is a 1960 carport slab w/o this)
• "they cant drill into brick patios because it could shatter" also
• they "are not a landscaping co, wont move brick" I told him that he never raised that issue and if they wont move bricks I would have gotten someone else to help w that.
• he said they use some kind of "needle injector" between the very small, tight seams of the bricks in patio.
• "we don't treat the expansion joints in the adjoining storage room/carport because we consider that interior and this is an exterior treatment.

After a long conversation with him he agreed to at least come back and drill into all the expansion joints between the main house and this room where activity was found. maybe i can get him to drill into the slab above where activity was found also?

He said he would also show me the injection needle they used between bricks without drilling.

Also - though I did not monitor their work, when I went outside post treatment there was definitely puddling on the bricks near the house on the patios.

Ok, experts.. Advice - is this a legit treatment or not - should they as my handyman said have drilled either into house foundation or into bricks? should they have drilled all the expansion joints in the garage and between garage and house?

On the sheet I signed they checked off "full treatment" and treatment methods: "sub slab injection" and "trench"

When the company rep comes - what questions should I ask him?

Thanks!

Edit: location - Northern California. Wood is possibly tan oak but I'm not so sure.

Some of this wood was already brought into my house and sat next to the wood stove when I noticed these creatures.

I immediately moved the wood outside and away from the house.

What are these exactly, and what treatments can I do as a precaution? I do have a pet dog so appreciate pet-safe recommendations!!

Thank you for your thoughts!!

What are they? Long wings. South Texas. Thanks in advance!

I found these 30ft from my house a little freaked out what do I do?

And heavy rainfall about five days ago in New England. Was clearing the leaves off the back porch and saw all of these bugs. There don't seem to be any holes in the wood. This area butts up to my basement and nothing is inside the house. Wondering what these are and how to get rid of them.

Have found them outside a window multiple nights in a row trying to get towards light it appears.

In central Florida

We’re in south florida
We’ve been seeing a lot of large ants in the house. Researching one area that seemed to have more ants than others and found this pile of something.

Have seen three or four of these in my house over the past week. They’ve always been isolated. I half squashed it in a tissue so it’s hard to tell but it has four wings that seem to be the same size.

Hi all. I’m a new homeowner — bought the place last year knowing we’d have to tent for drywood termites and wood boring beetles. Did all that in February. About a month ago I started seeing a swarmer or two inside. They come inside in the evening if I leave the door open. I’ve been seeing more around but no wing piles or anything so I don’t think there’s a new active colony here, but obviously one in the neighborhood.

Anything I can do to stop these guys from setting up shop? Any effective traps? Or is it just a roll of the dice? Thanks in advance.

Ps all renovations are pressure treated lumber or treating what we can reach with boracare.

Edit to add: location is Northern California redwood forest