About Drywood Termites

The Western drywood termite is found primarily along the coastal regions. They are active throughout the southwestern states, mostly populating: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. Drywood termites do not live in the ground and do not build mud shelter tubes.

Finding Drywood Termites in Your Home
Homes with poor workmanship, structural damage, and years of treatment neglect, are more susceptible to infestation.

Drywood termites fly into a structure and infest wood directly. It isn’t uncommon for the drywood termite to re-infest old termite damage.You’ll commonly find them around: Window frames, eaves, attic space,sub-area crawl spaces, at the rafter tails, and other wood trim.

The signs of infestation include: Scattered wings, piles of fecal pellets, soft or damaged wood, live or dead swarmers’.

Drywood Termite Colonies

When the colony is approximately 4 years old the queen will trigger a swarm,releasing hundreds of termites from the colony to re-establish new nests. Typically, they swarm about mid-day on sunny, warm (80 F) days. Their swarming season occurs during September and October.

Drywood termites eat across the grain of the wood, creating chambers or galleries. Drywood termites are slower then their cousin, the subterranean termite, nonetheless, they can cause severe structural damage.