Formosa Termites

[Beaudroix]

Has anyone ever heard of the Formosa "Super" Termite? I have a home that was built in 2006 that has them. I called Hometeam Pest Control as they were the company that pre-treated the house but there contract says the Formosa termite was excluded as there is no permanant treatment available for them at this time. With a little research these colonies can average 3 million and can eat 1,000 lbs of wood per year. Please let me know if you know of any solutions.

 

[Lynnie]

Has anyone ever heard of the Formosa "Super" Termite? I have a home that was built in 2006 that has them. I called Hometeam Pest Control as they were the company that pre-treated the house but there contract says the Formosa termite was excluded as there is no permanant treatment available for them at this time. With a little research these colonies can average 3 million and can eat 1,000 lbs of wood per year. Please let me know if you know of any solutions.

Uh-oh. I heard those were moving east. They are a nasty termite from S. America - Brazil maybe. They was brought here accidentally in some beautiful wood that was imported. At least that's the story I've always heard.

Call Buzz Woodham Pest Control. I am pretty sure I am bonded for formosa's through them - definitely worth a call. And, GOOD LUCK!! Keep us posted!!

 

[Matt J]

You're probably looking at an air tight tent for a couple of weeks and loads of poison.

 

[grace]

my husband told horror stories of the formosas in new orleans. i think they're from asia and were brought over in shipping pallets. good luck!!

 

[Lynnie]

They can destroy a home in record time. After I saw this post, I called my pest co. and made certain I am covered on this bond. Yowsa, Baby!

 

[Matt J]

This will make you crap wood like a termite.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosan_subterranean_termite"]Formosan subterranean termite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

Check out this part:

Once established, Formosan subterranean termite has never been eradicated from an area.

Sorry Beaudroix I know this isn't the info you were looking for.

 

[rapunzel]

Have I heard of them? They've eaten my house. It is possible to get rid of the individual colony, but impossible to eradicate in a given geographical region. I think the French Quarter had some success in treating the entire neighborhood.

The formosans live in colonies underground, and the workers build mud tubes to get from the colony to wood above ground. The workers travel back and forth to the food source, but the colony is under the ground. The best way to treat them it to find a VERY AGGRESSIVE pest control company, and have them spray the heck out of the soil all around your property. The workers eat and regurgitate wood to feed the colony, and if they can't return to the colony they will stop feeding, so in the meantime, go and knock down every mud tube you can find.

One last thing...do not waste your time with bait traps. By the time the bait traps are effective, your house could be structurally unsound. And the formosans swarm in June, so you owe it to your neighbors to get rid of these things before they move on.

New Orleans has so many of these horrible little boogers that it literally rains termite wings for a few nights every June.

 

[30ashopper]

Had a colony devour a load bearing stucco roof support off my front porch a few years back. Terminix offers policies for them - they treated and tore down / rebuilt the infested areas which seemed to work. (I haven't had any trouble since.) The treatment was this jelly stuff they poor on the ground around the structure and cover up. The little guys sure can eat though, they hollowed a 6 x 4 wooden stucco support and part of the roof in just under a month or so. Look for mud caps at the top of structures in the spring for signs of an infestation.

 

[30ashopper]

Have I heard of them? They've eaten my house. It is possible to get rid of the individual colony, but impossible to eradicate in a given geographical region. I think the French Quarter had some success in treating the entire neighborhood.

The formosans live in colonies underground, and the workers build mud tubes to get from the colony to wood above ground. The workers travel back and forth to the food source, but the colony is under the ground. The best way to treat them it to find a VERY AGGRESSIVE pest control company, and have them spray the heck out of the soil all around your property. The workers eat and regurgitate wood to feed the colony, and if they can't return to the colony they will stop feeding, so in the meantime, go and knock down every mud tube you can find.

One last thing...do not waste your time with bait traps. By the time the bait traps are effective, your house could be structurally unsound. And the formosans swarm in June, so you owe it to your neighbors to get rid of these things before they move on.

New Orleans has so many of these horrible little boogers that it literally rains termite wings for a few nights every June.

I had those for a while with terminix, they ultimately cancelled the treatment due to ineffectiveness. Not to mention, all those little plastic green things in the ground were unattractive in the yard.

 

[Coast is Clear]

Termites

I had Buzz treat our house and all they would warantee was another treatment of termites showed up. No damage coverage. This was a 2 year old home in Seaside with no history of any termite issues