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Drywood termites are very recent newcomers to Australia, especially the West Indian drywood termite, which is probably the most destructive of the lot

Termites, those wood-eating relatives of cockroaches, are found throughout the warmer areas of the world, building large colonies from which they emer

Nearly thirty species of termites have been introduced into Australia in recent decades, and most of these, uncontrolled by their natural predators, h

Termites are such a problem in Australia that they have found their way not only into the wood of around a fifth of the nation’s timber-construction

Termites have many advantages in their onslaught on the timber-framed structures of Australia, which accounts for their success – and the millions o

Termite control Sydney building owners need is always a complex and challenging process, thanks to the persistence and secretive nature of these insec

Termites are notoriously hard to get rid of – perhaps unsurprising in the case of insects whose closest living relatives are cockroaches. Indeed, ne

The buildings most frequently infested by termites are ordinary homes, for several reasons. The average house is the most numerous type of building, a

Despite their commonness in ordinary homes, termites are no respecters of place or property, and will go wherever the alluring scent of wood draws the

Australia is currently in the grip of a plague of termites, both subterranean and drywood types, and as a result there is no wooden house or building