Termite Treatment, Inspection and Protection

Termite is the common name of a group of chemically complex insects that live in communities as ants do.

They have long been known as white ants however this is not accurate for termites are like ants only in their habits of living together and that they are small in size. Actually termites are more closely related to cockroaches and grasshoppers. Their mouth parts, antennae, thick waists, primitive wings and other features resemble those of cockroaches.

Termites are over almost all over Australia, notably in warm region. Some termite build huge mounds of bits of soil mixed with wood saliva. These nests may be up to six meters high. The inside of the mound is divided into various chambers and galleries. In the centre is a closed cell where the queen is kept. The queen´s body goes under extraordinary change. Her body swells up to hold thousands of eggs. The queen lays the eggs at a rate of several thousand a day.

Damage

Studies in the US have revealed that termites cause as much property damage each year as fire.

Termites digest wood, paper, and other material containing cellulose, with the aid of the protozoan in their bodies. They do much damage tunnelling through the wood work of houses, they destroy books and furniture and can cause damage to fence posts, trees, timbers of wooden buildings, bridges, trestles and other structures.