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I've been looking into this, and am a bit confused. I want to try to bait the termites, but can't locate any "mud tubes". Has anybody tried simply placing the traps with the poison that's hopefully carried back to the queen in various areas of crawl space, or something like that?
First question would be why do you think you have termites? Some do not have mud tubes, some use plumbing penetrations. Those are the subterranean types. The Formosan do not require going back to the ground for water and require bagging the house to get rid of them. If you think you want to treat the house anyway. use a product called Tim-Bor. It may not be available in your area but you can order it online without a license. It is a termiticide and a good one. Cost to do a house will be over $100.00 just for the TimBor. You MUST wear protective clothing when spraying it and DO NOT spray it in a wind as the drifting spray can be harmful. This is true with any termiticide. BE CAREFUL!
Yeah, sure does - we have those around here (NoVA); one of our large trees has a part of the trunk that split off and died - that part has numerous holes with "grains of sawdust" trailing down to the ground as described by the OP.
I've been looking into this, and am a bit confused. I want to try to bait the termites, but can't locate any "mud tubes". Has anybody tried simply placing the traps with the poison that's hopefully carried back to the queen in various areas of crawl space, or something like that?
We sold a home in Thousand Oaks that had termites. The service used heat. However, the termites were in the patio cover which may have made that process possible. Not sure if it would work on the house structure itself.
If they are carpenter bees (large holes over 1/4" in diameter), a quick spray of brake cleaner or starter fluid into the hole will kill them. Plug with steel wool then caulk. Termite fumigation is a whole different ball of wax, properly done involving tenting and the house being unavailable for a couple of days at least.
My understanding is that improper termite treatment can actually make the problem worse as you can drive the termites into deeper, less visible (and therefore less accessible) areas where they can do extensive amounts of damage before being noticed.
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Originally Posted by harry chickpea
If they are carpenter bees (large holes over 1/4" in diameter), a quick spray of brake cleaner or starter fluid into the hole will kill them. Plug with steel wool then caulk. Termite fumigation is a whole different ball of wax, properly done involving tenting and the house being unavailable for a couple of days at least.
Actually, the holes are less than half that size.
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