Wood Destroying Insect Damage Photos

The following photographs represent wood destroying insect damage:

Subterranean Termites nest underground and thrive in dark, warm & moist areas of the home. They generally make shelter tubes about the diameter of a pencil to travel from their nest to wooded areas where they eat wood generally below the surface so that the surface and can protect time from, cold, light and dry air. The wood may appear to be solid to the untrained eyed but sounding, probing and evidence of conditions conducive to infestation will lead a good inspector to the visible evidence in the readily accessible areas of a property. This is the scope of a wood destroying insect inspections for real estate transactions. Inspections that require dismantling and more invasive procedures would be part of a treatment plan that would be developed with the owner of the property and the treatment company. You will find more detailed information on our helpful link page.

The following pictures are to help you identify subterranean termite evidence, damage and treatment signs.

Live Subterranean Termites

Subterranean Termite Treatment Type Drill Holes generally found around perimeter of house and/or basement:

Subterranean Termite Bait Station generally installed around outside of building and monitored on scheduled basis:

Subterranean Termite Shelter Tubes used by workers to get to wooded areas:

Subterranean Termite Damage generally found below the surface of wooded members:

Carpenter Ants do not eat wood for nourishment. They excavate wood to create nests. They are known to keep a main nest outside of the property and then create nests inside of a property as a site to forage from, usually at night, and then return back to the main nest with the food they find. You will find more detailed information on our helpful link page. The following pictures are of carpenter ant damage:

Powder Post Beetle is a general name and includes many different wood destroying insects. They generally lay their eggs in the wood which hatch at a later date sometimes years in the future. When they hatch the exit by drilling holes in the wood which is the  evidence that inspectors look for first. You will find more detailed information on our helpful link page.

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