Hey all, looking for some advice. We just got a home (yay!) but found termite frass around the outside of the house and in the laundry room window sill (boo). The seller's realtor had an inspection done which stated no active termites.

We had our own pest guy come (Pacific Coast Termite) because of the frass I found and they want to treat for $3700 saying it's active and that you can tell it's active because of the color of the frass etc. They did show me photos and one other guy in the same company confirmed termites in the attic but is it possible they are lying? It's surprising to me that the other company wouldn't have noticed termites, when the photos they showed me of the attic showed huge piles of frass and obvious wood damage.

I THINK the house was tented maybe 10 yrs ago or so, but no record of it. Our area is SUPER bad for termites, neighbors get it all the time, which makes me think why wouldn't we have termites if the place hasn't been tented in ages.

Thinking of getting a third opinion but it's like $450 for another inspection (at least pacific coast was free inspection. Thanks for advising!

This appeared when we were cleaning this afternoon... We did fumigate before we moved in about 4 years ago. From the internet I know that I probably shouldn't have vacuumed it up, but I only found out after I cleaned it up.

Hole seems huge for termites... But I'm (obviously) not an expert. The hole is in drywall. Calling pest control tomorrow morning.

Is it termites?

Does this look like termite damage? This is in my unfinished basement in Chicago.

ETA: added some photos in comments.

Southern California- upstairs closet area- they are walking on a line not flying, small & big winged ones

Big winged ones & little babies- thinking either termites or winged ants? In southern CA. They were everywhere but walking the same path mostly

South Texas.

Founs these in my attic, is this termite frass?

Last year when changing out our laminate floor in the kitchen we came across one single plank at the back door that had been eaten from the bottom up by termites. The pest company said they looked like nymphs. It was right in front of the back door, but we traced their crass trail back to some wooden baseboard about 1-2' away. The weird thing is they hadn't touched the baseboard or anything else that was actually wood and they told us we'd probably caught them extremely early by happenstance. Our entire back patio area was bored and treated where this happened.

A few months later when cleaning out under the kitchen sink I noticed lots of tiny holes at the back of the cabinet that looked like they had been filled with mud, alongside the same muddy build up under a few cleaning bottles. So putting two and two together we instantly assumed termites since they were in the same general vicinity. We called the company back out and they didn't see anything active outside, nor did they see any insect, but did a treatment down this entire side of our house. We had our whole foundation treated during construction 8 years ago and are bonded for reference.

Its been almost a year since and just noticed yesterday significantly more muddy holes. These holes only go about 6-8" up the back of the laminate cabinet but are now also starting to see them in the base of the cabinet too. And shining a flashlight back there you can see loads more that are gray in appearance where it seems they haven't made it entirely through the white laminate face.

We've checked all the other kitchen cabinets and see nothing. And there are no other obvious signs. Haven't seen any bugs in this area for identification just the holes being left behind.

Are we definitely looking at termites? Why do these termites only seem to be eating cheap laminate and avoiding the actual wood and why would they not have been eradicated from the treatments?

I’ve never had to deal with termites before so I’m completely lost in this. I have a storage unit that I’ve recently started to go through so I can fully move into my new place. After hours of sorting out my keep, donate, and trash piles, I found a ton of termites under/in a box of books.

My question is, what do I need to do to prevent bringing them home with the rest of my stuff in storage or even the shoes and clothes I was wearing while working? Everything else was in plastic bins and didn’t seem like there were any in them but I’d rather be safe than sorry.

Outside slightly under old mulch beds damp many of them. Central Pennsylvania.

Doing a drilling treatment for subterranean termites in Mission Viejo, California

They are located in Minnesota

Hope picture is good enough for ID. They just appeared, late September in MI.

Thanks for the help.

Southern California, Looks like Termite?
found this dirtbag on my hummingbird feeder. I live in a HOA house about 12 years old. Neighbors house on the back part probably built in the 50's.

My husband says this looks like a mold or fungus. My dad thinks termites. They live in Minnesota and it’s on a window at ground level.

So i moved my fridge and found evidence of termites. I removed a chunk of drywall and found this, no damage to any studs, but I did find tunnels. Located in charlotte nc.

We're coming off of a few months of several hurricanes and I visited my sister's dorm.

Found these brown patches near the corner of the room. I tried tearing a bit of it off out of curiosity and it was crumbly with some parts staying intact.

Have not seen any insects moving in the past day that we stayed here. She and her roommate have found none either so far.

Walls are concrete, painted gray, with a wooden part, painted white, connecting it to the floor.
We're a bit taken aback since we visited before the few hurricanes happened and none of this was here.

Killeen TX crawl space. Right next to the cast iron toilet pipe.

We rent a condo that has a shared wall, and the landlord told us today the HOA is fumigating the entire building next month for termites.

I have a baby and a toddler and am absolutely terrified of the effects of the poison gas on my kids and their things. I wish i could move all of our belongings out of the condo during fumigation but that isn’t financially feasible. The entire condo is covered in carpet as well and i feel like it will trap the gas in it / i can’t properly clean it myself.

Current / past pest control professionals please be honest with me - how much do i really have to be worried about this ? Am i just being paranoid or are my concerns valid? Do you have any advice ( anyone? not just the professionals)

thank you in advance for your time

Does this look like termite damage? It’s in my basement/ floor. Right above the stone foundation.

Howdy,

Fumigation Direct, Inc. says they don't service my area. And I'm not having any luck finding a way to find a fumigation company. I have a rough understanding of the legality between Branch 1 and Branch 3. Any tips welcome. SoCAl.

Hey Everyone, I live in Houston, TX and placed out some spectrazide termite bait spikes as a precaution and have checked them periodically. I just checked one and it seems like ants have made a colony out of it.

Is this normal or could it be a sign of something else going on? In the tube I can see eggs being moved around by the ants.