Termites are wood-destroying insects; experts estimate they cause $5 billion of property damage each year. In Georgia, Eastern and Formosan Subterranean Termites build underground nests. They are extremely destructive, because they tunnel their way to wooden structures, into which they burrow to obtain food. Termites all share a virtually insatiable appetite for wood and other cellulose-containing materials. Given enough time, they will feed on the wood until nothing is left but a shell.

You're more likely to discover you have a termite problem by discovering the evidence they leave behind rather than the actual termites themselves.

• Piles of small, delicate wings shed by reproductives
• Mud tubes built by termites for aboveground travel
• Damaged or hollow sounding wood
• Pinholes in drywall or wallpaper

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