Friday, September 11, 2009

What Are Flying Termites? How Can I Kill Them?

Your siding, foundation, and even basements can be chewed on and ruined by termites. Flying termites are usually scouts or sometimes known as swarmers, are actually just adults that are made to breed. They themselves do not bring much harm, but they can produce many offspring which can.

Even if you see just one flying termite outside your house, there is a fairly good chance your house is in danger. Continue reading to know just how to kill these flying termites, and even eliminate the whole colony.

You need to be able to identify the flying termites. Sometimes they are confused with flying ants due their similar appearance. But ant's have three segments in their body, flying termites only have two, the head and the long body.

Ant's will have curved antennae and will have a long set of wings and a short set of wings. The termites however have straight antennae and have two similar sized set of long wings.