Drywood Termites

As the name implies, Drywood Termites feast off dry wood.  That means wood used to construct your house as well as furniture, old instruments, antiques, etc. If you have Drywood Termites, it will be obvious by the piles of ‘sawdust’ you see outside of the wood.  But these piles of ‘sawdust’ aren’t sawdust at all – they are the fecal pellets of the termites boring into your wood.  They don’t like to live with their mess, so they form what are called ‘kick-out’ holes to push these fecal pellets out.  Whatever wood the termites are eating and destroying will be the same color of the fecal pellets

Treatment for Drywood Termites

Materials needed:

Greenbug Ready to Use or

Greenbug Concentrate, properly diluted

Greenbug Termite Injector and/or

Greenbug Termite Syringe

Scotch tape or similar

1. Locate all areas infested with Drywood Termites and determine the locations of the kick-out holes.
2. Using a Greenbug Termite Injector or a Greenbug Termite Syringe (depending on the size of the hole), inject Greenbug Ready to Use or Greenbug Concentrate properly diluted into the kick-out holes.
3. Wait a few minutes and re-inject.
4. Keep repeating until no more Greenbug Ready to Use or Greenbug Concentrate properly diluted can be injected and then seal the holes with a small piece of scotch tape.
5. Monitor the area that has been treated for several days to see if any additional effort is needed.
6. For Drywood Termite control for your entire property, the Greenbug System offers Automatic Pest Control through your irrigation system.