Termite Identification & Prevention
Use our guide to help guard your Plymouth, Massachusetts property against wood-destroying termites.
What are termites?
Termites are wood-eating pests that spend most of their lives in dark, hidden spaces. For eons, termites have been feeding on pieces of wood to acquire their primary food source, cellulose. With the help of specialized enzymes in their stomach, termites are one of the few organisms to convert cellulose into a usable food source.
Termites are social insects that divide their colonies into caste systems, and each caste has its own jobs and responsibilities. Workers are the caste that makes up most of the volume in any termite colony. They do the colony's work; workers find and gather food, care for the young termites, and repair and expand the nest.
Our region has four types of termites we need to guard our homes against. Below is a brief description of each unique species.
- Eastern subterranean termites have high moisture needs and prefer to feed on damp or decaying wood. Eastern subterranean termites are likely to invade the wood in our homes near window sills, water pipes, air conditioners, or other areas where there is excess moisture. Eastern subterranean termites are the species we are most likely to discover inside our homes.
- Dampwood termites have extremely high moisture needs and feed on wet or decaying wood. Dampwood termites aren't likely to invade our homes as they don't provide the proper environmental conditions. Logs, tree stumps, dead trees, old fence posts, and utility poles in and around our homes provide appropriate food sources and nesting sites for dampwood termites.
- Drywood termites feed on pieces of dry or sound wood. These termites live in much smaller colonies than other termites, but their efficient feeding habits make them just as destructive. Drywood termites nest within the pieces of wood they feed on. Wooden furniture, wood flooring, and wood trim are places we regularly find these termites nesting within Plymouth homes.
- Formosan termites are a type of subterranean termite with high moisture needs and feed on damp or decaying wood. They live together in huge colonies and are challenging to control because of their ability to nest both in and above the ground. These termites build carton nests on the roofs of buildings or inside wall voids.
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