Drywood Termites

Drywood termites are harmful type of termites, they prefer a warm weather so they can get dry wood to feed on it, they can live in any environment, drywood termites can be responsible for extensive damage to structures, furniture and wooden foundation.

Drywood termites’ identification

Drywood termites size vary between 8.5 to 9.7 mm, including wings, they are considered one of the largest types, head is less than 1 mm wide with dark brown color, they have six legs and a group of antennae which are divided into 10 to 14 pieces and located at the front of their heads.

Drywood termite colony

Drywood termite colony have different layers inside it, each layer has specific appearance and role:

• drywood termites workers

They are responsible for building tunnels and rooms inside the colony, feeding the other members of the termites, and they are smaller in size.

• drywood termites Soldiers

They have a yellowish-brown color, large head, a prominent lower jaw to protect the colony, soldiers unable to feed themselves, darker in color and have a pair of wings.

• drywood termites Queen

Queen has the largest size and may live 5 to 10 years, it is responsible for eggs production.

Drywood termites feeding habits

Drywood termites feed on dry wood rather than rotten wood, they attack wooden structures and furniture.

Where drywood termites live?

Drywood termites can live anywhere where wood is present and moisture does not play an important role in their lives, they prefer a warm weather, it is not easy for homeowners to discover drywood infestation which make it more dangerous.

Drywood termite’s infestation

• Damaged wood and cavities in wooden walls and floors.
• Damaged furniture and wooden structures.
• sounds of termites behind the wood.
• termite’s feces and wings near the colony in which they live.

Drywood termite life cycle

 You can see drywood termites in mating season, swarmers leave the colony and fly for mating near buildings where they live, once male finds the female, they leave the colony and search for a new place to build a new colony.

• eggs

female lays eggs after mating, once the eggs hatch, it passes through many development stage until reaching maturity.

• Mature drywood termites

drywood termites have wings at mature stage, female may lay tens eggs and create her own colony very quickly and become a queen that repeat the cycle again.

drywood termites control company in Jeddah

If you are suspicious that you may have termites in your home or your garden, all you have do is to contact drywood termites control company in Jeddah, our professionals will answer you very soon, they also can treat all types of drywood termites, we also know that home remedies are not effective enough to eradicate the damage specially in case of drywood termites which penetrate deeper layers of wood, our cost of treatment varies according to the severity of infestation, also our company offers:

• Complete treatment

The entire home will be treated thorough complete home examination and assessment of damage.

• Immediate treatment

When our company makes sure that there is a colony in the house, it treats the specific termite’s infestation locations, with effective methods.

• Home repair

termite damage may be repaired in some cases; our company may help home owners to repair mild infestation.

• Home Cleaning

Once a successful termite’s treatments accomplished, our company will sterile the infestation places and clean it.

• Annual examination

our company performs annual checks in infestation areas where drywood termites may present, examination may be repeated every 6 month to ensure that there are no signs of future infestation.