It is time for termite control when you see those tiny creatures starting to build a home in your own home. Small but terrible, a clich that continues to ring true especially when you describe these pale, ant-like looking crawlies. They may be small but they could suck thousands of dollars from your pocket if you leave them crawling in your property, know more about these pests and how they could eat their way to beat you.

What are termites?

Termites are described as a group of eusocial insects. It means that like ants, bees and wasps these insect live in colonies, and as little as they are they have a systematic hierarchy of role to accomplish. They have a division of labor and are classified as follows: Nymphs and workers which maintains the colony by repairing damages to their home, soldiers are assigned to fight the enemies, which are commonly ants, and reproductive winged termites which are responsible in creating the colony.

Termites eat only cellulose, which is commonly found in wood.

Why are they dangerous?

So, if termites eat wood whats it to you? So what if they prefer wood? Why bother? You will not worry about it too much if you live in a home with walls and ceilings all made of concrete, if all furniture is made of metal. But you know that is unlikely. It is where termites enter the picture. When there is cellulose to eat, they will devour it, and wood in your house is not an exception. So, better check your house around, you might need termite control measures for all you know.

They are dangerous because if left unnoticed you might one day go home and find your house just collapsed because termites ate it all away. You end up wasting thousands of dollars to reconstruct the house than just taking the time to check and spend a few bucks for termite control.

How do you know they are already family members?

To know if your house is already infested, telltale signs would be seeing winged termites swarming some areas in your house, follow their trail and you might find a specific spot where winged termites come and go. Obvious signs would be to see mud tubes on walls or foundations,

Youve found them, what should you do?

The best thing to do is hire a pest control services company to control or eradicate your termite problem. There may be some available cheap sprays to answer the problem but it is not a guarantee because you might not able to see the termite problems deep infestation especially at the corners where it could hardly be noticed. The cost of the service will vary depending on the degree of the infestation. Just cross your fingers that the infestation is not that serious at the time you call up for termite control.

Termites are indeed small but terrible, do some checking as soon as possible before termite control is too costly to bear.