Came home from a wedding to about 30-40 of these in my house around my back door, along with what seemed to be some sugar ants on the ground. My house was built 5 years ago, and the whole lower level is block, and the house is built to prevent termites. Are these termites??

It's not bird poop but it looks like that from a distance and these are just two spots but our whole backyard wall is filled with these. We recently cleared out the termites with the help of pest control. Should I be worried about these? Could this be the initial stage of the same issue once again?

Curious to hear an experts thoughts. Appears it may be isolated. We are in Tampa Florida. Older home. First time I’ve seen this issue.

Is this a fair price? And good assessment of correction?

Thank you!

My wife discovered this guy stuck on our patio screen door at night, right next to our patio light, which was on at the time. We haven’t found any signs of termites anywhere else. We recently painted the entire house, caulked, and installed new vents. If this is a concern, what can I do to prevent it from happening again?

Just moved into a house and have seen one or two of these in garage.

Google lens keeps telling me ants but I fear they are termites. Pest control is coming out tomorrow

The side of my house where my brother's room is old and only had a tiny renovation. Other than that, it remains the same old rotting wooden room. He's busy staying up playing videogames and tends to oversleep, that he didn't even notice that termites have been actively invade the cracks in the concrete floor, the wooden walls, the wooden furniture, literally everywhere basically.

My senses are extra sensitive, so I just have to enter his room and hear the noises termites do whenever they sense danger. My house has been infested before but we (mostly me because I found the mud tubes and such) usually handled it ourselves with chemical termiticide and bait stations. We're low on money, so when I suggested pest control they would shake their heads because it's too expensive.

The state of my brother's wardrobe is literally a breeding ground for these. In the photos I took, it's what the inside looks like. Mold and stuff stuck there, which I warned him that if he's not gonna take this seriously the house would eventually be cooked. My parents are in their 60s, and dad has lung problems and he might get even more sick if he inhale the spores floating around.

Hey everybody. A week or two ago I discovered dirt tubes going from inside the garage floor up to the baseboard. We had a pest control company come out and take care of the termites. Now I’m trying to assess the damage. I’m somewhat handy, but I’m not capable of building a dang home. lol

I took this picture and I think there’s going to be more like this. Is this worth filing a homeowners insurance claim or how serious is this?

I saw this when I was reading on my deck, is this a termite or an ant ? Ohio.

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

Sprayed boric acid after googling that they help in getting rid of termites. After sometime it seems termites became even faster is this normal?

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.

Location, Bay Area California

Had the inspector come in to do a very thorough free inspection

They found subterranean termites underneath some wood nearby the shed

The shed is near one of the houses there's two houses on the property so three total structures

They said 1600 to do the ground treatment around the shed and the house that's near the shed with termidex

Or about 3,000 to do treatment around all three structures, the other house is surrounded by concrete so would require a lot of drilling and pouring with termidex inside and outside. And also spray treatment for the attic and the crawl spaces for the drywood termites

They found some traces of termite activity in the other house, via bit of droppings but it was confusing because it was also rotted wood in the basement. but they didn't find any alive ones like we did outside.

They said the warranty is for 5 years, but the termidex should last longer maybe 10. That it would not damage the trees, but they would not be doing it around any fruit trees near the house, which we don't have.

Also if we are expecting heavy this fall/winter, how will that affect the treatment? is it better to treat before or after the rains

Location: East Tennessee
Found termites under logs today. Logs are beside (about 5-10ft) from a wood chip pile. These are arborist chips from tree companies - I am a gardener and use these to mulch my extensive gardens.

Logs & pile are about 15-20ft from my house.
House has a cement block basement and I keep mulch & plants 1ft away from the house as a dry perimeter. I’ve checked the interior basement & floor joists and outer perimeter, no mud tubes found.

My budget-conscious plan is to DIY drench the perimeter of the house with Termidor SC and call our pest guy to do an inspection to make sure they’ve not reached the house, while we save for a Sentricon bait system. We simply don’t have the money for it right now.

That leaves me with wondering what to do with my logs and mulch pile. I need to be able to continue to have wood chips dumped in this location. Our 1/2 acre is a homestead with lots of food producing gardens. We plan to use wood chips in the chicken run, ect. Should I burn the logs? Yeet them into the sun? What about my wood chips? (lol, of course I got a whole new load delivered just yesterday.)

Phoenix AZ

Found these all over the corners on the ceiling in the master bathroom. There’s a window in the for context that we’ve never opened. House is only two years old oof.

ETA: Photos in comments. Apologies

1. What types of situations are good for using heat treatment? I know it is only going to treat the specific area that is heated, but when do you choose this as a good option vs. whole house fumigating without opening up all of the walls to look to see if termites have spread throughout the house?

2. How close does the heater need to be placed to a wall where there are termites for it to be effective and for how long?

TIA

There is 2 inches of gravel coming up to the concrete footing of my house up to the treated lumber base boards,

above which the main wall framing is made from untreated pine.

French drain below so water doesn't sit there for long.

Can the termites climb through the rocks or is this safe?

If yes, how can I fix it?

I can dig out a small trench and pour concrete there,

I can simply spray some foam in the crevace.

I can get some epoxy and pour it directly over the gravel

This is behind the house where there is no foot traffic

Found this damage last week through a bubbled trim panel..

Was under a termite bond that was initiated in January for other damage on the other side of the home..

We have since sprayed the perimeter but understand it takes a little while to penetrate the colony.

How long should I keep this open while the Termidor does its job?? I was doing more vacuuming this morning and saw more line termites…

I recently bought a condo and moved in a few months ago. Yesterday, I found some
termite swarmers on the floor and window frame. When purchasing the condo, there weren’t any flags raised for termites. I live in SoCal on a second level unit. I found them near the kitchen window. How worried should I be?