re: Termite swarms

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Big cardboard boxes

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Termites will eat through card BOARD

I'm not an expert, but from what I have read a few dead termites and/or dropped wings is not a sign of an infestation. Signs of infestation include:

1) a swarm inside your house,

2) mud tunnels going into your house



3)frass (termite droppings)

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On those nights it looks like a biblical plague outside, you WILL find some dead ones inside the next morning. I've owned two houses with active termite contracts and it's happened at both houses this time of year every time. I've visited both a relative and a friend's house this past weekend, and both houses had dead swarmers in their bathrooms - both people keep their houses well-maintained

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I've gotten used to this the past few years, but I don't remember this happening 20+ years ago. Is there some reason why it's worse now or did I just not notice back then?

Turn off all the lights inside and outside your house and keep you house as cool a possible....turn down the AC as low as you can

Feels the same way to me. I chalked it up to I just didn't really notice it as much when I was younger and it wasn't my house. Now that it's my house, I'm much more observant about things that could cost me money

But everybody I talk to all feel the same way about them getting worse. They're not native to our region. They likely found their way over on a container ship back in the 50s or something, don't remember exactly, from Southeast Asia. The humid, moist conditions here are perfect for them, and maybe they've been able to thrive since there wasn't an established predator in the food chain, i.e., anteaters, lizards, or whatever else eats them that exists in S.E. Asia but not here.

I turned my lights off last night and didnt see any dead ones this morning. Maybe a coincidence, but I wont be leaving my lights on overnight either way now.