Photo Album: Active Termite Mud Tubes Found in Office Building in Long Beach Island, NJ
Found Termite Mud Tubes
While inspecting the hallway of the building, we found several active termite mud tubes!
How the Mud Tubes are Made
Typically, the first visible evidence of subterranean termite activity are mud tubes. Mud tubes are pencil-width size tubes made by the worker termites from soil and wood cemented together using their saliva and excrement as "glue."
Protect the Termites
Termites use these tunnels to travel to and from the nest when foraging for food. These protective tubes allow the termites to stay moist underground.
Treating for Termites
For treatment, we're drilled into the concrete in the hallway and along the exterior of the building and injected a liquid termiticide.
Termites Can't Detect It
This application creates a protective zone that the termites can't detect. The termites will come in contact with this treatment, bring it back to their colony, and share it with one another. In a short amount of time, they will be exterminated and the property will be protected from termites for many years to come.