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Originally Posted by villagerjack
Where did you get your information about termites living underneath the house with nothing to feed on but dirt? Can you share it with us? If there is no evidence of termites would you drill into your living room floor to treat it ? Mud tunnels are made by subterranean termites and can easily be spotted by even an untrained eye. Point is I still have no reason at all to believe the Pest Control Salesman that my CBS home needs to be treated for termites. I cannot find any information at all on FKYING TERMITES. If they do exist, I would like to know how prevalent they are in The Villages and how many homes had damage from these flying termites.
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Termites don't eat the dirt. They live in the dirt and use it for moisture. They travel or tunnel up into your house and eat the wood and cardboard in your house. These tunnels are not always easy to find. They only use dirt tunnels when they need to protect themselves from the light of day because termites cannot be exposed to the light. Sometimes, an entire section of a baseboard or window sill can be destroyed by termites, and you would never see it because they eat it from the inside and stop eating when they get very close to the surface. Termite inspectors will use a screwdriver to tap wood surfaces in the house to detect damage. The termites swarm and fly away once a year in the spring, so that their offspring can relocate to other areas. You don't drill into your living room floor to treat for termites. The drilling only occurs outside around the perimeter of your house, and sometimes in the garage. I am not trying to convince anyone to treat their house for termites. Just trying to explain how subterranean termites operate to cause damage to a house. Treating your house for subterranean termites by drilling is not a scam, but spraying your attic or other parts of your house for other types of termites may be a scam, and I would not do that.