Dry Wood Termite

     Worker                    Soldier              Swarmer     

Biology

Swarmers are usually about 3/8 – 5/8 inches in length (including wings).
Body is usually a light yellowish brown color.
Does not have a frontal gland pore.
The wings have 3 or more dark, hard veins in the front ½ portion but the wing does not contain hairs.
Fecal pellets are hard, elongated, oval-shaped, less than 1 mm long, and have 6 concave sides

Treatment

Occasionally Dry wood termites can be spot treated without the need for tenting. Our inspector will inspect your property . After the visual inspection the technician will discuss treatment options. Often times tenting or some other treatment is the better way to go. Most times, the extermination requires either erecting a huge colored tent over the house or structure and pumping gas into the tent or the newer method of heat to treat or fumigate the termite colony.  This is a very costly process, and their is no residual benefit to having your home fumigated.

Distribution/Habits

Drywood termites need no link to the soil to obtain the water needed to support the colony. They live in wood with a low moisture content -- 12% or less Dry Wood termites do not build mud tunnels. Although the colonies are smaller, they can still do a lot of damage to a home.  And the worst thing about this type is that they are virtually impossible to detect and locate inside a structure. 

They eat across the grain making chambers.     
They have relatively small colonies, usually less than 8,000 individuals so damage occurs more slowly than with subterranean termites. 

They deposit their fecal matter called fecal pellets  in the chambers. Colors are black and or gold

Dry wood termites can SOMETIMES  be spot treated. Other methods like tenting or some new methods like heat treatments may be needed.

Distribution of Dry Wood Termites in the United States

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