When you are facing termite problems, one thing that very important to do is understanding what kind of termite that infesting your house. One common type of termite that often attacks is Subterranean termites. Please continue to read on this article, and know more about this type of termite, so later on, you can use the right termite treatment.
Appearance
Depend on their caste, their appearance also different from each other. But most of the time their size is bigger than the Drywood termite. The worker termites are around ¼ inch long, have a cream-colored body and have no wings. While the alates or swarmer are dark-brown to black, their body can reach ½ to 1 inch long, including their wings.
For the worker Subterranean termites, they have no wings but their mandibles or jaws are larger than the other caste. The color is creamy white but their head often has a brownish color. If you look at their alates’ wings, you can distinguish this type of by the single dark vein that runs through their wings.
Habits and Habitat
Their habits are distinct differences from the other termite types. To reach their food source they need to have contact with the soil. Which is why they build “mud tubes” for their roadway form the soil. It is also for surviving from predators’ attacks and stay moisturized. The mud tub is build form the mix of their excrement, soil, and mud.
They can build their mud tub, through a crack in the concrete to invade your house. Like the other type of termite, they eat wood and other product containing cellulose, like paper and furniture. Subterranean termites lives underground. They live in moist places, deep and moist underground or moist and secluded area above ground.
The colony of this type of termite can contain up to two million members. The colony lives in caste containing, king, queen, worker, soldier and the reproductive group. In the spring the swarmer, as the reproductive group, will start to fly out of their nest to start new colonies.
Potential threat
This one type of termites is known to be one of the most damaging termites. Other than their vast colony and their expansion, this type of termites are known to have caused over $2 billion in damages every year. They are capable of collapsing the entire building, which means it can make financial ruin for homeowners and businesses.
How to prevent
The best prevention from Subterranean termites infestation is to reduce humidity in your crawl space, avoid water accumulation around your house and maintain the gap between the soil and the wood portion of the building. Close up any breach to your home and be aware of flying termite and discarded wings. Also, consider contacting termite control service for termite control and inspection.
Hopefully, the pieces of information above can help you identify this type of termite. But, the infestation may be done by a different type of termite. Please contact professionals to inspect and do termite treatments. You can call FUMIDA termite control service for more information and solutions for your pest problem.
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