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5 Ways You Might Be Attracting Termites to Your Home

These are the items that could be making your house a target for a termite infestation. 1. Hardwood floors Termites feed on the cellulose found in wood, and they aren't picky. No type of wood is invulnerable to termites.

7 Chemical-Free Ways to Rid Your House of Termites

On popular DIY programs that show people buying cheap houses to do up, one problem that they’re often faced with is termites lurking behind the walls. According to Pest World, termites cause around $5 million in property damage every year.

12 Sneaky Signs That Your Home Has an Infestation

You Hear Tapping in Your Walls This is one of the sounds that termites make, and if you think it sounds like their banging their tiny heads against your wall, you’re completely right.

The Aardwolf May Not Sound Cute, But it CAN Be...

The aardwolf comes from the same family as the hyena, which explains their similar looks, but unlike their aggressive, bone-crunching cousins, aardwolves much prefer to munch on termites, much like an aardvark. In fact, the word “aard” comes from the Dutch word “aarde” which means earth.

Warning: Are You Overlooking These 10 Home Risks?

Subterranean Destroyers Bubbling paint could be a sign of moisture build-up…or termites. Subterranean termites eat wood and process it into food. Termites make mud tubes because they have to keep their bodies moist.

Pangolin: If an Anteater and an Artichoke Had a Child

The scales are leaf-shaped and interlock over each other and serve a huge function in keeping the pangolin safe from predators or from termite and ant bites.

14 Life-Changing Inventions Inspired by Nature

Termites - self-cooling buildings Are termites a nuisance or a blessing? The answer will depend on who you ask. That’s because some architects used termite mounds as the basis of a revolutionary way to design buildings.

16 Hidden Gems That Should Be on Everyone's Bucket List

Termite rock mounds, Australia What may look like curious rocks are in fact large termite mounds. The other extraordinary thing about these is that they line up magnetically. The edges point north and south, while the backs face east-west.

8 Ways Your Home is Sneakily Draining Your Bank Account

Termites Termites can quietly eat through the wood of a home 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The damage to structural support beams, inside and often out of sight. can compromise the structural stability and safety of a home.

Take a Walk Around the Insides of Musical Instruments

It is carved by termites, not by hand! Source A saxophone Source Insides of an organ by Mierswa & Kluska Photography Source H/T: ThisisColossal Insides of Instruments Shot by Charles Brooks music, photography, cello, Musical Instruments Fancy a walk down that corridor?

Are These 2016's Most Amazing Nature Photographs? Yes!

Termite Tossing (South Africa) - A hornbill eating them one at a time. Willem Kruger 7. Crystal Precision (Spain) - The pipistrelle bat. Mario Cea 8. Blast Furnace (Hawaii) - Lava flow from Kilauea Alexandre Hec [related_articles] 9. Thistle-Plucker (Bulgaria) - A linnet does some picking.

These Animals Had a Big Impact on the World...

Just 4 weeks later, she saw David dipping grass into a termite mound and raising the grass back to his mouth. After David left, Jane poked the grass into the mound and found that the termites bit and held on to the blade. David was using this grass as a tool to fish for termites.

13 Incredible & Intricate Homes of Animal Architects

Compass Termites These huge wedges are the nests of the Compass Termite. The wedges are generally north-south oriented, which gave these insects their unusual name. It is believed that their mounds are built that way to regulate the temperature of the underground nests.

Funny Comics: The Various Roles Animal Dads Play

Termite dads are so loyal to their queen! [related_articles] 8. Common Cuckoo Birds 9. You can't help but sympathize with Guillemot fathers 10. Meet the Cassowary dad 11. Pleco Fish fathers are so handsome, aren't they? 12. Orangutan dads aren't impressed that easily 13.

Ants Are Totally Remarkable Creatures, and Here's Why

They rescue their injured comrades during battle The Megaponera analis species of ant, which is found in the southern regions of Africa, has recently been found to carry its wounded soldiers back to its ant colony following a skirmish with termites.

5 Crucial Things to Consider When Buying Used Furniture

One of the most important things to check is any signs of insect infestations, namely termites or bedbugs. Look for tiny holes or termite droppings in wooden furniture.

These Natural Phenomena Will Leave You Completely Aghast

Desert termites are thought to be behind the "Magic Circles" of Namibia. This unique landscape, known as the Giant's Causeway, is situated in North Ireland. It was caused by an ancient volcanic eruption. These rare lenticular clouds were pictured in northern Georgia, USA.

Entirely Unrelated Animals that Are Like Two Peas in a Pod

Armadillos and pangolins have a very similar build, complete with armor plating, a long snout and an even longer tongue, and fearsome claws that allow them to burrow into anthills and termite mounds.

9 Incredible Animals You Weren’t Taught about in School...

Its closest relative may have been the now-extinct Tasmanian tiger, but unlike that carnivorous beast, numbats feed exclusively on termites. 7.