TERMITES – PICTURES AND INFORMATION

I took some pictures for more detail

http://s1127.photobucket.com/albums/l638/gblendstrup/

These aren’t from termites. Termites either drop little pellets or they make a sort of mud to cover things. They don’t do sawdust. It might be stuff that was left during construction and has slowly moved out to collect in spider webs BUT it is more likely to be produced by another timber pest (like beetles) so it is important that you get a competent pest inspector to take a good look at it just in case it is something serious.

I purchased my 45 year old home one year ago from a bank. It was tented and treated for termites. Termite damage was repaired. Today while spring cleaning, I noticed dark brown particles on the drywall in my laundryroom. I vaccumed it and the drywall came with it. I looked online and I saw pictures of termite damage that is identical to the damage that I have. The drywall surrounding the area is brittle and flakes off. This was not visible when I purchased my home. I dont know what to do. Is termite treatment guaranteed? Is this covered by homeowners? Keep in mind, my house was tented one year ago and I purchased my home one year ago. I dont know what to do.

Tenting uses a fumigant to kill drywood termites. It doesn’t leave any residual protection and doesn’t help with subterranean termites which are what you probably have now.

You need to choose a good pest inspector to come and assess the situation and advise you of your options. Only an inspection can truly answer your needs: http://drdons.net/choose.htm

I purchased two wonderful paintings at a flea market. Both had frames damaged by termites and I was able to buy them at a good price. When I was removing the pictures from the frames I found that they were indeed original oil paintings, but the painting was done on the glass and really, people are seeing the reverse side of the painting. If the glass broke, the painting would be gone.
Both paintings are of an Asian woman dressed traditionally. In one picture she is putting flowers in a vase. In the other she is seated with an open book that shows Asian writing. I can find no signature.

History, Explainations and Examples of reverse painting on glass:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/objects_conservation/fall_2003/glass.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_glass_painting

http://ezinearticles.com/?Reverse-Glass-Painting—Centuries-Old-Art-Form&id=810493

Examples

http://glassnebula.com/originals.html

http://www.reversepaintinglady.com/

http://www.reverseglasspainting.com/

How a Reverse Painting on Glass is created;

http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Reverse-Painting-on-Glass

http://www.helium.com/items/845050-how-to-do-reverse-painting-on-glass

Ok, so today, my dad found termites in his computer room, and he had them in a bag and showed me…and I completely freaked out. I ran back onto my chair and sat down with my legs tucked under me (so my feet weren’t touching the ground), and i started crying and I really just wanted to get out of this house, and i just couldn’t get the image of them crawling around in the bag out of my head. I keep imagining and thinking they’ll be crawling all over me when I go to sleep and that they’re everywhere in the house..like all over the walls. I keep sweating, and I just wanna run away from this house. My parents won’t believe me even though I’m crying right now (because thats how afraid i am), and I lost my appetite, I don’t feel comfortable right now eating..so I skipped dinner because i keep imagining them crawling all over and inside my food. My dad asked me to look up what type of termites they were on the internet, but I can’t even read or look at pictures of them without freaking out. Does anyone think I have a phobia? and is there a phobia of termites? I’m also deathly afraid of spiders, centipedes, milipedes, worms, and leeches.

Maybe not a true phobia so much as a lack of understanding of these small creatures that don’t form a part of your everyday life.

You should seek help as your condition isn’t normal. You have no real reason to be that afraid and I think you already know that to be true.

I once helped a student of mine who was horribly afraid of lizards by giving her a little rubber one to carry around in her pocket. After a few weeks she was able to face real ones,

It is all to do with security and comfort zones. Sometimes people learn these fears as small children and, because they hardly ever come into contact with the animals, don’t get over it, don’t learn the truth of it and sometimes the fear just keeps on growing.

No termite is going to hurt you. Earthworms are harmless. Most spiders want to run away. Try reading "The very hungry caterpillar" and "Charlotte’s Web". They should help.

The worst thing about such fears is that you might hurt yourself when there is no need. Some people crash their cars when they see an innocuous spider that couldn’t do any harm to anyone.

It is worth getting this fixed now, so that it doesn’t limit your future life.

It looks like a long black termite be the back of the animal has scisor like pincher looking things and it has a head on the opposite end. when i look at pictures of termites the pincher jaw things are on the front near the eyes. can someone tell me what kind of bug this is

I live in The atlanta GA area

Hi, I’m a qualified horticultralist. What you are describing is an earwig, or sometimes known as a pincher bug. These things are always to be found in my Dahlia flower heads. Unless they are actually causing a problem, they should be left alone. Earwigs eat many other little beetles and grubs that cause far more damage than they do.

Hope this helps.

Hello, last year I noticed our Bartlett pear tree had a fairly large hole going down the centre of it starting from a central branch that must have broken off some time ago. We never did seal it off last year, partly because we weren’t sure what was best. There do not appear to be termites or anything in the tree.

I have taken a few pictures of the damage and hope someone can suggest the best way to treat this, or point me to other helpful websites where there might be a tree experts to give advice on what would be best.

http://s816.photobucket.com/albums/zz82/shyashin/

Thank you!

It is too far gone to keep for sure. Even if you clean out the decay pocket, the edges will keep rotting. (http://askville.amazon.com/stop-tree-trunk-rot-fill-hole-waterproof-protect/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=94831 ). You might apply a fungicidal solution but be sure to use one that’s labeled for the purpose or you might have poisoned fruit,

Go for a drastic prune to reduce the risk of it all splitting, keep the water and food up (NEVER let it go short of water) and you might get a few more years of fruit.

i have one that takes a picture of your desktop and you have tools like flame thrower, termites, and other things. but i am bored plz help.
I have one that takes a picture of your desktop and you have tools like flame thrower, termites, and other things. but i am bored plz help. PS: a program not a real object.

Just get a hammer and hit your monitor.

Last night, I went to lay carpet in my basement. While I was sweeping, I found about (8) 1-inch in length and about 1/4 inch wide, white catepillar looking (they were hairless) "worms". Some were curled up while others where stretchced out. Should I be concerned? I haven’t seen these before and I have lived in my house for a little over a year now. I googled termites and star fish (wood eating insects) and the pictures I saw didn’t resemble what I found. Any suggestions on what it might be and what I can do to prevent/get rid of them? Any syggestions would be appreciated!

I may be wrong but… I always thought they were just centipedes that were "albino" because they lived in the basement with very little sunlight to alter their color. In my basement I get the white ones and the brownish colored ones crawling around my baseboards. I just treat the area (and outside the door they come in) with home defense from Lowes. It seems to keep them down a bit but not completely. Good luck…

the people that own it used to rent it out but now this old lady is buying it for sale by owner. There is a man that is building a subdivision across the street from the trailer and I think he is in on buying it and keeping it vacant to try and help sales because it is his workers that come and cut the grass. The trailer has a roof over the porch that hangs over my fence on the side of the house. I have been dealing with the city about having the owner take care of it, with no results. I spoke to the owner that is selling it and he always sounds real friendly, but never comes through, and every time I call him he was “just about to call me”. Anyway, we have termites that can’t be treated until that area dries up back there, which won’t because it rains at least every other day and back there it is very wet. My husband is going to take down that tin roof himself tomorrow. How much trouble can we get in? I have taken pictures and I am ready to be taken to court. What would you do??

Vandalism. Their inaction sucks, but your husband may be charged with vandalism. You need to stop being friendly with them and start being assertive. Tell them you are planning on taking them to court for the termite damage done to your property that would have been prevented if they took the roof off as has been requested.

A few weeks ago, ants decided to invade my house. There were literally hundreds of them in a line along the carpet from the back door to the kitchen. I killed them all with some Raid, and I sprayed some along the door and the edge of the house.

A few days later there were almost as many on the windowsill in my bedroom on the other side of the house.

A few days after that, they invaded the tile by my front door, at another part of the house. I kept using Raid.

And today, there were some in the hallway, in the middle of the house. Not as many, but now there’s a new problem — they have wings. At first I thought they could have been termites, but I looked up pictures and they are definitely ants.

I am really getting tired of this problem, and I need to know if there is a quick, inexpensive way to get rid of them. (Maybe for more than a week this time…)

Clearly Raid is not going to do it. Ants are very sensitive to chemicals. In fact, they use pheromones to create the lines they march in. Any time you spray an insecticide down it may kill the ants that are there immediately, but the others will simply avoid it until it goes away. Then they will march right back through on the same pheromone path. This little paths, or highways, can stay active for up to a year without being in use!

Further, if you split an ant group by spraying a repellent you will double your problem because the ants that are separated from the main colony will form another. So now you have two colonies to fight. Its called budding.

So how do you take care of ants?

Quite simply really. You bait them with something that is not an immediate kill that they will take back to the colony and share with the queen ants. (Yes there are usually more then one queen). If you can kill off the royal family then you will kill off the colony. The best bait will be specific to your ant. So you should try to identify your ant first. Then select the bait that works best with that ant. If you can not identify your ant then go with a general Maxforce bait.

Go here to identify your ant: http://www.pestprojoe.com/home.php?catid=249&displaysubcat=show

Read the descriptions as it may be difficult to identify them from a photo.

P.S. The ants may still remain active for a day or two after they take the bait, but don’t worry… This Time they won’t be coming back!

P.S.S. If you really want to keep other ants in the neighborhood from moving in then you will want to spray regularly around the exterior of your home.