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Started by Besq
Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:24
Formosan Termites
Author: Besq
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:24
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:24
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FYI, If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this year. Hurricane Rita blew over many trees in New Orleans. These trees were then turned into mulch. Louisiana is trying to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come and haul it away. It will probably start showing up in Home Depot and Lowe's at cheap prices. There's just one huge problem - Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many of those bags. New Orleans is one of the few areas in the country were the Formosan Termites has gotten a strong hold and most of the trees blown down were already badly infested with those termites. These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no good control against them. Please tell all of your friends that own homes to avoid using mulch that doesn't state where it came from and or especially if it came from New Orleans. Louisiana agricultural dept. web site http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites/
Re: Formosan Termites
Author: Joshua
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:16
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:16
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Hi Besq, You're usually spot on, but missed this one: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/termites.asp Cheers! Joshua
Re: Formosan Termites
Author: Besq
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:22
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:22
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I found listing for the Termites on other sites but they are not resistant to pesticides any more than other regular termites. I would still be careful abouut buying mulch that is shipped from anywhere as it is so easily available here. Even here you can find bugs coming in with your firewood that shouldn't be there. I get my wood from Monument and they're cutting a lot of diseased trees and shipping it as firewood. The pests are going to get us one way or another. I just lost a tree to beetles and am trying to save the other, Blue Spruces. I had no idea the bugs were even in town but trees all over the place are loosing their needles. If you have any spruces, treat 'em now even if they're healthy. And water them, this has been a dry winter for trees especially. Remember years ago we were being warned about fireants? I found a strange looking mound of twiggs and dirt in my garden full of ants. I got rid of them but I've never seen ants like that in this area before. I don't know what they were. Thanks for the heads up on snopes, a site like that is needed. I'm like anyone, sometimes I'll fall for the fantastic tales too. Sometimes I catch on early like the "Koran 9-11", I knew that was fiction because I'd read the Koran, what there is of it. "Joshua" <Joshua@Jericho.net> wrote in message news:fsadnRfM9pQY3YHZnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@adelphia.com... > Hi Besq, > > You're usually spot on, but missed this one: > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/termites.asp > > Cheers! > > Joshua > >
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