Interesting Facts About Termite

As a homeowner, we don’t want any kinds of pests to nest inside our home – especially termites. Prevention is always better than cure, that’s true. And before we even get to the point of eradicating them, we should know how to hinder them from choosing our homes to nest it. We should learn the essential facts about termite.

As a good pest control company in Dubai, we, Alkanz Alzahabi, know all the different termite treatment and termite pest control. We can help you in getting rid of these pests and give you tips on how you can stop them from coming back. Termites are not the only kind of pest that we eliminate – we also know how treat rodents, bed bugs, cockroaches, spiders, etc. indeed, we are your partner in pest control.

And this article can help you a lot in learning about termite facts which can be a way for you to treat them or prevent them from coming to your house:

Facts about termite:

• Termites are divided into three categories:
• Termite Workers – they have no eyes or wings, and their color is creamy white
• Termite Soldiers – they have no compound eyes or wings, they have mandibles, and they are creamy white with a large head
• Termite Swarmers – they have two pairs of wings and their color varies from pale yellow or reddish brown or black.
• They can become good decomposers and a vital element for our forests.
• They can make hard mounds that can be as tall as a two-story building.
• The termite queen can grow up to 5 inches long and lay thousands of eggs in a day.
• They work 24 hours per day and they don’t sleep at all.
• Termites are believed to exist even before dinosaurs – 250 million years ago!
• Termite soldiers can detect a threat and send signals to the other termites in their colony.
• Termites may infest dirty places but what you don’t know is that they are well-groomed – they take ample time to groom each other!
• The new reproductive of termites can fly – opposed to what we know that most of their species can’t.
• Termites don’t bite people – soldier termites may have mandibles but they are not likely to bite people.
• Termites are used as a food source in some places.
• They like to nest in damp places, wood, or still water.

These facts are interesting, yes, but having them inside your home is not. So, if you need to hire a pest control company that can eliminate termites or any kind of pest in your home, just call us, Alkanz Alzahabi, and we will solve your problem right away.

Sources:

https://www.thoughtco.com/fascinating-facts-about-termites-1968587
http://www.jcehrlich.com/blog/essential-guide-to-termites/#comments
http://www.termidorhome.com/Termite-Facts.asp