Mo'fuggin Termites

[R3DS!X]

Some winged asshole flew in in between some of the heavy rains. We found a couple crawling around and murdered them and dis[posed of the bodies but how afraid should we be of more coming in? or the ones we don't see? we had our house treated for sub terrain termites a few months ago.

 

[Melissa]

termites scare the bejesus out of me! Eating your home, little by little. I hope you get the fuckers out of there!

 

[Mr. White]

Chances are you'll get an infestation in your house at some point. Your best course of action is to get a yearly inspection and treatment if needed.

 

[Melissa]

Chances are you'll get an infestation in your house at some point. Your best course of action is to get a yearly inspection and treatment if needed.

really? I've not had a termite inspection in 9 years. Should I be concerned?
Thanks,
Melissa

 

[MTERK]

Oh they are out now with a vengeance since the rain! Here in Pleasanton someone posted a video of a huge swarm coming out of the ground. We also have subterranean termites which I have bait traps all around the house for and have kept them at bay thankfully!

We found out about those from stepping through some of our hardwood floors that had been eaten out!

HATE THEM ALL!!!

 

[buellistic]

Time to burn your house......you have insurance right?..

 

[Maddevill]

Up here we don't have that much trouble with termites. But We have those big Carpenter Ants. Difference is, termites eat your house, ants just
burrow tunnels through the wood. Same result.

Mad

 

[AbsolutEnduser]

on the news, big article that they are flying in.

 

[matty]

Oh they are out now with a vengeance since the rain! Here in Pleasanton someone posted a video of a huge swarm coming out of the ground.

Happens every year after the first rain in my hood, it's never seemed to be an issue as far as them going for the house.

 

[TylerW]

Up here we don't have that much trouble with termites. But We have those big Carpenter Ants. Difference is, termites eat your house, ants just
burrow tunnels through the wood. Same result.

Mad

My neighborhood is absolutely rotten with Carpenter Ants. I see them on the ground all the time when I go for walks. We had an infestation of them in the house but we brought in an exterminator to take care of it.

 

[AbsolutEnduser]

on the news, big article that they are flying in.

screw this post BTW.

I just noticed the termites, too. Right after reading this, I was per chance looking outside earlier this morning. Then I noticed... "the mosquitoes" in the air. I was thinking.. hmmm this is too shiny in the morning light, too bigg-ish for a simple fly/fruit fly, too small for a bird BUT it's kinda flying slow and fluttery.

Then I remembered the article.

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Flying-termites-swarm-Bay-Area-after-rains-16554701.php

Then I went outside. A flock was in the air and one landed near my shoulder. Slap, squeeze, I had a fn termite in my fingers!!!


Then I noticed they're getting up from the ground.

I think I saw two, no, three columns at the front of the house and about 200 around a cement/earth crack on the ground.
I sprayed them with the anti-black-widow bottle that I had around.

yeah I'm a bit flustered. We'll see .. if someone will do something.

 

[mlm]

^^

BURN those mfers!!!

 

[Bay Arean]

Okay everyone, I see the sun coming out here in Walnut Creek. As soon as it warms the dirt, the bastards should start oozing out of the cracks and flyin around.

Or it might take one or two more days. BUt it's always the first sunny day after the first rain that the termites fly around.

I wish I was home so I could nuke em with my cane-shaped propane torch I use for ant-meggedons.

 

[mjj]

We are combating a cadre which insists on building a dirt tunnel up one of our bedroom walls. Brazen f-ers.

We are overdue for the perimeter treatment ourselves.

The most damage I've found in either of our houses though has been from the wood bees. Big ass tunnels.

 

[Mr. White]

really? I've not had a termite inspection in 9 years. Should I be concerned?
Thanks,
Melissa

Not sure about sac, but they are all over the peninsula. I would get an inspection if I were you, especially if you have an open crawl space. Some companies will do a free initial inspection.

 

[Bay Arean]

We are combating a cadre which insists on building a dirt tunnel up one of our bedroom walls. Brazen f-ers.

We are overdue for the perimeter treatment ourselves.

The most damage I've found in either of our houses though has been from the wood bees. Big ass tunnels.

Yeah, those bees (or wasps, whatever they call em) will kill a living branch of a tree. Even termites don't eat green wood. They put black electrician's tape around the infestations.

 

[Sharxfan]

You can get those carpenter bee wood traps on Amazon. They work pretty well you just need to set a few out to see the best place is to catch them. I have one down on a post in the shed and it catches them like a mofo I have to empty the bottle every month. the one by the house garage gets maybe one or two but wasps will fly in it so I leave it there.

 

[mjj]

You can get those carpenter bee wood traps on Amazon. They work pretty well you just need to set a few out to see the best place is to catch them. I have one down on a post in the shed and it catches them like a mofo I have to empty the bottle every month. the one by the house garage gets maybe one or two but wasps will fly in it so I leave it there.

Thanks! The trouble is, they're awfully cute. So furry and industrious.

 

[Sharxfan]

Thanks! The trouble is, they're awfully cute. So furry and industrious.

Yeah industrious at digging holes in my 2x6 beams....... looks like a war zone in that shed.

 

[mjj]

Yeah industrious at digging holes in my 2x6 beams....... looks like a war zone in that shed.

We tore out a redwood 4x4 structure, kind of like a patio awning support, and about half of the wood area was bee tunnels. That's the NOT cute part about these lil' fellas. I would not say that there was an obvious structural impact however.