Because termites - and other insects, like carpenter ants - need soft wood to tunnel through to create passageways and nests. But unlike carpenter ants, termites will actually eat the wood - and ...

You'd just think they were little bugs." Termites can live in the soil underneath your property, he said, and also on wood and cardboard inside a home. But they prefer old, wet wood; he said.

Termite infestations were a big problem in Winnipeg in the late 1980s and late 1990s, affecting a number of homes — including seven properties on one block of Youville Street.

Ant-eating mammals evolved independently over a dozen times since the fall of the dinosaurs.

Termites instinctively know to build their mounds oriented toward the sun. Different colonies cultivate different angles of their structures depending on the sun’s zenith in their location.

Drywood termites and subterranean termites require very different treatments. “You may use the wrong approach if you have the wrong ID to start with,” he cautions.

Standing water can attract them, too. “We have to remember in the South that termites are ever present,” Ashbrook noted. But it’s important to do what you can to keep them at bay.

Two invasive termite species, Formosan and Asian subterranean termites, are hybridizing in South Florida. Hybrid colonies have been confirmed, raising concerns about increased structural and ...

Drywood termites and subterranean termites require very different treatments. “You may use the wrong approach if you have the wrong ID to start with,” he cautions.

Drywood termites and subterranean termites require very different treatments. “You may use the wrong approach if you have the wrong ID to start with,” he cautions.