The large swarms of termites are back along South Mississippi and have residents bugging out.
Swarming season starts right before Mother’s Day each year and this year is no different. This is the time of year when termites find new homes and start new colonies.
The type of termites that many are dealing with are known as Formosan termites. In the winter, the termites overpopulate and when May hits the termites colonize and so does population control.
Entomologist Bruno Milanese of Bay Pest Controls give News 25 more details on Formosan termites. “These particular termites do not actually eat wood themselves, they are just reproductive, and they don’t carry diseases and they don’t bite but nobody really likes 100 termites landing on them in the evening time. They are attracted to light. So, if you turn off the lights on the exterior of the home, close the windows that will reduce it, that won’t stop it. Majority of these will stay outside. They only fly for a short period of time. They lose their wings and then the male and females attempt to mate and then get back into to ground.”
Milanese says you only need to be concerned about Formosan termites when there are hundreds inside of your home.
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