Take that, termites!
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The rains a few weeks ago seems to have prompted the arrival of roving termites, so yesterday we vacated the house and filled it with Vikane. I spent part of the day working in the office while they were wrapping the house with a tent. By the time they finished, it produced an interesting lighting effect.
Update 02-02-2006 20:55 PST:
We’re back in the house today, after the inspector declared it safe to re-enter. I’m vaguely disappointed that there aren’t more random dead bugs lying around the house, although the termites wouldn’t be visible in the walls and underground, and there actually were a few dead moths and stray houseflies here and there. Of course, now we’ve let in a whole new set of wandering insects, since we’ve had the windows and doors open all afternoon to air out the house.
Here’s a good photo of some visible termite activity. Not what you want to see in your linen closet.
