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If you are living in a semi-tropical climate in a wooden framed structure, one of your ongoing concerns is the threat of attack from the dreaded termite.

There are essentially two main types of termite:

Dry wood Termites are wood destroying (eating) insects that thrive primarily in California and the southern US. These termites make their home inside of the wood of your structure. They are less prolific than subterranean termites, but since they live inside of the wood that makes up your home or business they are more difficult to treat. The dry wood termite lives in colonies composed of kings, queens, and soldiers. Immature dry wood termites make up the bulk of the population and also do all of the work.

The primary signs of infestation are the swarming of winged termites or the pellets of partly digested wood that the dry wood termite excretes. Also look out for blistering on wood surfaces as well as determining damage by tapping the wood and listen to the sound it makes. In those cases where the infestation appears to very small the simplest solution is to remove the infested timber.

Subterranean Termites are wood destroying (eating) insects that live in the soil. They typically nest approximately 4 ft. below the surface of the soil, but can nest as much as 12 ft. or more below the surface. These termites live in colonies which usually contain thousands (even several hundred thousand) members. Like bees and other insects termites appear physically different depending on their function in the colony.

Subterranean termites feed on wood or other items that contain cellulose. They nest in the soil to obtain moisture but will easily attack any wood, paper, fiberboard, and some fabrics which come in contact with the ground. If the food source does not contact the soil, they can build mud tubes (termite subways!) to reach the wood in your structure. In fact one of the most common indicators of subterranean termites invading your structure is one of these mud tunnels coming up from the ground on the exposed concrete foundation.

So armed with this information you are able to keep one eye on the structural integrity of your home, ready to call in the exterminator at a moments notice! If your ARE an exterminator, how you help ensure that it is you they call and not a rival company? Why not have a full color exterminator business card made up, at rates much less than you think, and it can all be done online via the internet. A quality full color card tends to be kept by the potential customer and is easily found by them when they need it!