Termites Information
CSIRO research indicates that 1 in 3 homes will experience termite damage at some stage in their lifetime
Termites can cause great damage to homes and if left untreated can cost homeowners thousands of dollars in building repair work. Many insects are often misidentified as termites, especially ants. Termites are sometimes referred to as “white ants” because they are pale in appearance.
There are a number of different species of termites found in Sydney. Some species are more aggressive in the damage they cause than others but they are all subterranean and require moisture, timber, soil and humidity to survive.
The Most Common Termite Species We Encounter In Sydney Are:
Coptotermes
Schederhinotermes
Nasuititermes
Hetrotermes
Alates
Termites can cause great damage to homes and if left untreated can cost homeowners thousands of dollars in building repair work. Many insects are often misidentified as termites, especially ants. Termites are sometimes referred to as “white ants” because they are pale in appearance.
There are a number of different species of termites found in Sydney. Some species are more aggressive in the damage they cause than others but they are all subterranean and require moisture, timber, soil and humidity to survive.
Home Owners Can Discourage Termites By Remembering These Facts
- Termites are attracted to timber, so remove and dispose of any loose timber laying around your property and especially underneath your home. Potential feeding sites are stored timber and old formwork timber left in place under homes, tree stumps, sleepers and logs. Stack wood for open fires off the ground and away from the home.
- Timber can be treated to prevent termite attack and some timbers are naturally resistant to termites. Use treated or naturally resistant timber in construction and metal stirrups when timber is in close contact to the ground.
- Termites are attracted to moisture, so repair leaking water pipes, taps, guttering, downpipes, drains and showers. Ensure that hot water and air-conditioning overflow outlets are connected to drains or downpipes.
- Termites prefer humid conditions where the air is still, so ensure good cross ventilation of subfloor areas to keep the air moving and improve drainage if the subfloor is damp.
- Termites can gain entry to homes through cracks in concrete slabs and through weep holes in external walls that are covered by garden beds against the home. Ensure garden beds are kept away from the concrete slab edge and weep holes in external walls are exposed..
- Stored items against external walls of homes can conceal termite entry. Move items away from the external walls of the home.
Termite Alates
Termite Alates are the reproductive members of a termite colony. They are destined to become the new “Kings and Queens” of future termite colonies and are the only termites in the colony that have wings.
When the temperature of the environment outside a termite nest is the same as the temperature inside, these termite alates fly out of the nest in their hundreds, to find their mate, shed their wings and settle down to make their own termite family.
They are often seen in the late afternoon or early evening in the warmer months of the year. Many of them die in the process as once they have left the nest, they dehydrate quickly but still some achieve their mission and new termite nests begin.
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