It’s 9 p.m. on a muggy night in May, and winged insects – Formosan subterranean termites ... Left, an alate with wings looks a bit like a flying ant. Right, when they land, ...

Forosan subterranean termites swarming beneath a streetlight on May 11, 2021. (Photo by Ed Freytag, NOMTRCB) ...

During the 2022−2024 alate monitoring program in Florida, 0.13% of all collected individuals were identified as F1 hybrids, compared with the ≈4% of hybrid alates from the Taiwan surveys (≈ ...

Experts seeing increase of Formosan subterranean termites in Baton Rouge By AMY WOLD [email protected]; May 4, 2015 ... change into a winged alate to fly off and form a new colony.

Unlike subterranean termites that need moisture from the soil, drywood termites thrive in dry wood, including furniture and exposed wood. Sometimes the infestation is small and can be remedied ...

BATON ROUGE — This is the time of year when you can expect to begin seeing swarms of Formosan subterranean termites. Beginning in late April and going through June, termite alates, or swarmers ...

Alate termites are the winged version of the termite. The swarming season for the alates is May and June, so the task force intends to install the traps by then.

Of all there is to love about St. Augustine, termites don't make the list. But with termite swarming season soon underway, it’s important to note facts beyond the yuck factor. According to the U ...

However, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) in Louisiana imposed a quarantine for the Formosan subterranean termite on October 3, 2005, in Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson ...

A: If the termites are subterranean, they will stay in the ground. You may move a few workers and soldiers, but the colony will be where the wood was sitting on the ground.

Forosan subterranean termites swarming beneath a streetlight on May 11, 2021. (Photo by Ed Freytag, NOMTRCB) ...