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2. Termites infesting your home? Here's how to identify ... - AOL

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   To protect your home from termite damage, get regular inspections by pest control professionals, maintain proper ventilation and moisture control and address wood-to-soil contact issues. Early ...

3. Termite barrier - Wikipedia

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   Termite sealant materials are the basic component of termite membranes described above. Sealants are elastomeric, meaning they move with the structure without tearing, and are available in a caulk or spreadable formulation. When caulked around a plumbing penetration in a structure, termite sealant barriers adhere to both the pipe and the concrete.

4. Termite shield - Wikipedia

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   A termite shield is a sheet metal fabrication used in light frame construction to reduce the movement of termites from the soil into wood framing members such as floor joists and studs. [1] Although there are several types of non chemical termite barriers now in use, termite shields are the original.

5. Sentricon - Wikipedia

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   When worker termites find a food source, they leave a pheromone scent trail to summon nest mates. [3] Worker termites chew and digest cellulose, and then regurgitate it to share with other termites in the colony. [4] [5] Sentricon bait stations are installed in the soil, creating a protective perimeter around a property.

6. Termite - Wikipedia

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   Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.They are distinguished by their moniliform antennae and the soft-bodied and often unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants, being more closely related to ...

7. Fontanellar gun - Wikipedia

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   Termite nasute illustration (since reclassified as Nasutitermes corniger). The fontanellar gun is a termite defense mechanism in the form of a horn-like frontal projection (nasus) on the head of the soldier caste which is capable of expelling chemical weaponry at a distance, a trait exclusive to the subfamily Nasutitermitinae.