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Just saw the first flying termite this morning
Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:21 am
Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:21 am
I had a bucket sitting on my porch overnight, and I came out to a flying termite in the bottom of it. This was in Metairie, so the season is coming quickly. Hopefully it is either short or not bad this year.
Just a reminder to caulk your windows, make sure your doors make a good seal, and turn off the lights at night
Just a reminder to caulk your windows, make sure your doors make a good seal, and turn off the lights at night
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Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:23 am to Hammertime
I thought that all termites could fly.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:25 am to High C
I think they get married, settle down, and lose their wings after a while
Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:42 am to Hammertime
Usually always starts around Jazz Fest
Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:49 am to Hammertime
I got a call this morning about some swarmmers in Luling, about 15-20 miles south of there.
And you can caulk all you want, if swarmmers want to get in, they're getting in.
And you can caulk all you want, if swarmmers want to get in, they're getting in.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 10:58 am to jembeurt
The bay window by my sink is like that. I've done everything I can to stop them, but I've only slowed them down. Now, I just turn off the lights and close the sliding door to the kitchen
Posted on 4/22/16 at 11:05 am to jembeurt
I'm building a new house and went by there the other day to several climbing around on the Sheetrock in the garage. I don't have doors up yet so it was easy access. I was freaking the hell out, went and bought a bunch of spray that killed most of them on contact. The others just went away. I read the other thread on here the same night and y'all calmed my nerves somewhat.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 11:06 am to High C
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I thought that all termites could fly.
Only the breeders. The others are workers (no wings)
Posted on 4/22/16 at 11:10 am to JonTheTigerFan
You can buy the same insecticide that the pros use from Amazon. You can legally apply it yourself, you just can't go around charging other people to do it for them; that's when you need a license. It's cheap - like $20 or something for a bottle of concentrate that makes up dozens of gallons. Just go buy a sprayer from Home Depot, put the concentrate in it, add water and spray to your heart's content. That professional grade insecticide is no joke. It'll kill the hell out of them for a long time.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 11:24 am to idlewatcher
They only have wings for like a couple weeks. They swarm and then lose their wings
ETA: not entirely accurate, but they only fly for a couple weeks
ETA: not entirely accurate, but they only fly for a couple weeks
This post was edited on 4/22/16 at 11:30 am
Posted on 4/22/16 at 11:27 am to Cooter Davenport
The stuff the "pros" use is not cheap. It's Termidor and it's pretty expensive, and if you don't know what you're doing with it, it's useless.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 12:59 pm to southernelite
My bad, $60, not $20. That's for 78 oz of Fipronil, which is what's in Termidor. You mix 0.8 oz of per 1 gallon of water. So that's over 80 gallons of termite treatment spray for $60. I consider that cheap.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 1:01 pm to Hammertime
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ust saw the first flying termite this morning
Doubt it.
They been flying baw
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