It is virtually impossible for you to get rid of termites yourself. If you're fortunate, your house was designed and constructed with prevention of termite damage in mind. The ground beneath your house may have been treated to repel termites, and specific care may have been taken to prevent any contact of wood with the soil. Call in a reliable pest control company if you suspect termites are at work in or near your house. Having an annual inspection to detect termite damage is a sound investment, like fire and accident insurance.
ANTS come in more than twenty household varieties and have many tastes.
Some prefer sweets, others like grease, and still others feed on insects and seeds. To get rid of these annoying indoor species that contaminate food and in rare cases bite humans and pets, find and destroy their nests and remove their source of food by practicing vigilant housekeeping and storing foodstuffs in tightly closed containers. Unlike termites, however, they do not eat the wood, preferring instead to tunnel channels through it in order to enlarge their living space. Another distinguishing feature of the carpenter ant's body is a pinched-in waist like that of a wasp. If you find little piles of sawdust near the baseboards of your house, suspect that carpenter ants are at work.