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re: Termite swarms
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:05 am to Shanegolang
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:05 am to Shanegolang
Big cardboard boxes that paper towels etc, come in from Sam’s club via home delivery.
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Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:06 am to Norla
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Baton Rouge checking in. We've had them bad the last two nights.
Yep. I killed a few inside the house last night in the 70808.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:15 am to profdillweed
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PLEASE DO NOT SPRAY ANYTHING!
(I apologize now, bc I am sure I will repeat the last sentence 10 more times).
Exterminator..... please don't kill them yourself lol.
imidacloprid brother, we got an infestation and it killed them all dead. There is a fly killer called quick bayt that contains imidacloprid. Spray it where ever there is activity and it will kill every last one. 20 bucks vs whatever the exterminator is charging you.
I also use it for wasps. I have areas I cannot spray the nest itself so I spray around the entrance and all of em die.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:26 am to Kim Jong Ir
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Yep. I killed a few inside the house last night in the 70808.
Wife and I were on the porch last night, she noticed a couple of bugs crawling around the inside of a candle lantern, and said “I wonder what kind of bugs those are”. I glanced over and casually replied “oh, they’re termites.”
The face she made conveyed immediately that I had made a terrible, terrible mistake
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:29 am to Churchill
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Big cardboard boxes that paper towels etc, come in from Sam’s club via home delivery.
Gotcha. I thought it was some kinda trap I'd never heard of.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:40 am to Scoob
Was just one night for us last year but it’s been up to a week here for us down here off Nicholson Dr before.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 10:23 am to lsubruce
Last night was the first night I noticed them in the Dutchtown area.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 10:38 am to Scoob
I had hundreds of them bitches crawling inside of house last night in Madisonville . Millions on the windows
This post was edited on 5/18/25 at 10:39 am
Posted on 5/18/25 at 11:09 am to Scoob
Hate this time of year. Get to add a daily chore of vacuuming the carcasses for a few weeks. They just swarmed in Covington pretty heavy the last two nights, so we SHOULD get a bit of a break while they train their next army. You don't usually see more than 2 nights in a row :knocks on wood:
Posted on 5/18/25 at 11:14 am to Scoob
Driving through central Tangipahoa last night, I had never seen swarms so dense.
I immediately thought of OweO.
I immediately thought of OweO.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 11:16 am to Scoob
They’re here but relatively light in north Tangi. I’ll take them over love bugs 100% of the time.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 4:39 pm to High C
Just found a few dead in the window sills. Because they’re swarming does that mean it may not be an infestation yet?
Posted on 5/18/25 at 4:46 pm to Scoob
My wife's nephew does pest control. He came out and put some bait stations in with a 2 stroke auger and sprayed along the house and leaves.i have no clue what he sprayed.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 4:55 pm to El Segundo Guy
The outside of our house was sprayed and inspected outside just a month or so ago. I just found a BUNCH of dead ones in the house by doors and baseboards. Not sure what to do now.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 4:59 pm to CCT
I just asked him. He sprayed Onslaught.
The bait stations were put around the house in the ground using a 2 stroke auger and then pounding them into the hole.
The bait stations were put around the house in the ground using a 2 stroke auger and then pounding them into the hole.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:18 pm to El Segundo Guy
Added context:
This is what my bait stations looked like. Inserted about a month ago.
Inspected all seven. Didn’t see one dead or alive (bait isn’t active).
This is what my bait stations looked like. Inserted about a month ago.
Inspected all seven. Didn’t see one dead or alive (bait isn’t active).
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:40 pm to rickyh
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I put another bright light inside my chicken coop. They were feasting
Their eggs might taste like formic acid.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 5:57 pm to TigerTatorTots
Everywhere
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:21 am to PUB
The past few mornings I have woken up to find 1-2 dead ones in my kitchen. I am assuming they are probably swarming overnight and getting through the kitchen vent or something. May need to start turning off my porch lights.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:07 am to bayoubengals88
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Just found a few dead in the window sills. Because they’re swarming does that mean it may not be an infestation yet?
Yeah, there's not a single house that's immune to getting swarmers inside. Even if you find 20+ inside after each swarm, don't be too alarmed. Whether it's new construction, or you had all your lights turned off, it doesn't matter. When there's hundreds of billions of those a-holes swarming, there's going to be some lucky winners that found a way in.
They get into your attic pretty easily through a vent or through a crack in soffit or something. Once they get up there they'll get into the main house through light fixtures, A/C vents, or dropping down a wall and crawling out under the shoe moulding. There's no stopping it. Just turn off the lights and be prepared to vacuum in the morning.
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