HOLLYWOOD — Elana Kohlhagen and her relatives have lived in South Florida for a ten years but about at the time a yr, they get some unwanted guests: termites.
“It truly is gross,” she mentioned.
Kohlhagan was sitting down in her living home with her household when she saw a group of them traveling close to her ceiling lights and little pellets close to her household.
“No one desires to have any, you know, dwelling in their dwelling,” Kohlhagen reported.
Thousands of Floridians will deal with termites, but a few species that wreak havoc in the Sunshine State.
“The principally huge pests are going to be the West Indian dry wooden termite. The two other termite species that are far more regarding because of a probable for injury is the Formosan subterranean termite and the Asian subterranean termite,” said Dr. Thomas Chouvenc, an urban entomologist who research termites for a living at the College of Florida.
Chouvenc points out that drywood termites nest inside of the wood they are infesting, when subterranean termites nest underground. Subterranean termites can be more challenging to location, and they can build important destruction within just a limited amount of time.
“We’re chatting about up to 3 to 6 hundred pounds of wooden eaten in a calendar year,” Chouvenc mentioned.
Sadly for Kohlhagen, she had both equally dry wooden and subterranean termites in her household. So, she termed Rick Pellegrini — proprietor of AAA Assassin Enterprises Pest Handle.
“We company roaches, ants, spiders, termites, [and] roaches,” Pellegrini mentioned.
Pellegrini took care of all of Kohlhagan’s termites, tenting her residence for the dry wooden termites, but working with a various process for individuals underground.
“If they’re subterranean, it can be a entirely different treatment method. We have to inject the ground with Termidor up underneath the whole household, below the complete household and set a chemical barrier up beneath the dwelling,” mentioned Pellegrini.
Kohlhagan suggests her house is obvious of termites, but suggests all property owners get the view of a experienced when working with persistent pests.
“Education is vital in anything at all, so improved to request than to be remaining with the not known,” Kohlhagan explained.
Pellegrini claims the busiest time for termites is April as a result of June, so now is the time to get started checking out and planning your residence.
