February 5th 2012
February 5th 2012
The People’s Court- “Not Detecting Termites” Part 2 [Termite inspector misses mark!]
February 5th 2012
Drywood Termites in the USA and Los Angeles
Predicts drywood termite infestation level without termite inspection and qualifies homes for a free complete termite inspection after which results are sent as a wood destroying organisms report
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February 5th 2012
The People’s Court- “Not Detecting Termites” Part 1 [Termite inspector misses mark!]
February 5th 2012
ant vs termite pisgah pest control
www.pisgahpestcontrol.com in Western North Carolina offers this guide to identifying ant vs. termite swarmers.
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September 16th 2011
Four Little Ants
If your home has leaks, wet areas, or high indoor humidity, carpenter ants can thrive. If you see carpenter ants in your home soon after the winter snowmelts, you may have a carpenter ant colony. Go to the basement and look at joists under the entrance doors, windows, or porches. Many times these areas have small leaks. You may have to pull back the insulation to look. If you find a small pile of sawdust, look at it carefully. If you see black, shinny specs mixed in with sawdust, carpenter ants are nearby. The main carpenter ant colony, which usually is in a tree or buried tree stump, can have many small satellite colonies of which several can be in your home. If you see flying insects with curved bodies that have two different sized wings, and two curved antenna, you have carpenter ant reproductive trying to find a new moist area in your home to start a new satellite colony. If you see many small translucent wings that are two different sizes in window wells, sills, or floors, in your house may be whispering to you and it is time to call the bug man.
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September 10th 2011
termites, carpenter ants, or other?
We have recently noticed a hole in our 80-year old wood floor that seems to be accumulating frass around it each night. The frass appears to be comprised mostly of dead insect (small, ant-sized opaque shells, almost like a molt) than sawdust. I have noticed distnct insect parts like heads with visible mandibles in the frass.
I invited an exterminator to come examine the damage and he automatically blamed termites because he "saw mud" in the hole. I, however, argued that what he thought was mud was actually wood putty from a pervious fix by the previous owner and spat on the "mud" and scrubbed it vigorously to prove my point. I also tried to point out to him that the frass was not sawdust, but was actual dead insects, but I guess his eyes weren’t so good.
Anyway, my real question here is now he has us beleiving we have termites even though my gut feeling is leaning toward caprenter ants, and is trying to sell us a 00 treatment (knocked down from 00 with "special discounts") even though there are zero mud lines to be seen, there is frass consistent with carpenter ant activity and we have even found small black ants near the hole… not to mention we live in Denver, where I have been told termites barely even exist.
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts as to what this might be.
Thanks for your time.
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September 8th 2011
How to get rid of fire ants?
I live in texas now. apparently the fire ants here are bad. They are in my backyard i have had an exterminator come but they come back after they have treated the yard. What do i do? Scared for my daughter and my dogs
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September 4th 2011
can ant traps get rid of carpenter ants?
Now that its October, and its been really cold in Iowa, we have to turn on our heat. Since we did this, we have noticed a ton of carpenter ants everywhere. I have a rabbit so I don’t want to get an exterminator over here that could possibly hurt my rabbit when he sprays or does whatever. I will do something with my rabbit if that is what is necessary but I feel like I should try to take less drastic measures first. So if I bought those little ant trap/killer things and placed them around areas where we think the ants are coming from (the vents) would that work to kill them? And do they bite?
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August 25th 2011
How do find carpenter ants in a bedroom or bathroom?
I just saw 1 carpenter ant on the carpet, I don’t have anything sugar-like in the upstairs except for in the garbage maybe.
I also saw 4-5 in the kitchen downstairs, My backyard mainly consists of woods and unfertile soil, as my house was built about a year ago.
How could I find the Nest(s) they’re coming from? And what do I do if I suspect a nest.
I do not want to call an exterminator until it gets bad.
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