termador! same thing as in frontline for dogs and cats, fibranil I think.

I see them alot on boats in san diego...they tend to swarm in oct.

Ed,
Those pictures remind me of termite action in our cottage country, 120 miles north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They like the pines and spruce and will eat through any wood you put in the soil for any length of time.
The large black carpenter ant does more damage to wood not in contact with the ground, and is very aggressive. We have to take preventative action with anti-ant powders to keep them out of the cottage, or mothballs to keep them out of the boats. I had to clean ant nests out of the '74 Checkmate regularly in the spring before I learned the mothball trick - of course storing it in a heated garage has removed that problem.

Yes, they eat the softer woods first and save the harder woods for last. All a manufacturer has to do is miss sealing one limber hole in a stringer. That's all it takes if these little pests are around.

Ed, I heard termites won't eat teak??

any truth to that ??

are there any Marina Mile boatyards that are termite havens??

Jim

Jim:
I believe you are correct about the teak being termite resistant.

As far as I know Marina Mile boatyards are clean. The problem is in the Aventura/Hallandale area.

Ed, You are a wealth of information. Thanks for all the first hand info you share on topics like this. I would have never thought about termites until reading this and checking out your pics.

Thanks for the post, Baywatch! It's nice to be appreciated.

what did you do to get rid of them?

In my case, freeze them out over a Wisconsin winter and then replace all the wood...............

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