Guides
Plain answers on termite and WDO inspection, sourced from state statutes, licensing boards and university extension entomology. No repeated figures we could not trace.
Guide · flying termites
Flying Termites: How to Tell Them from Ants and What They Mean
Winged insects at a light or on a windowsill in Florida or Texas? How to tell flying termites from flying ants, which species you're seeing, and what to do next.
Guide · signs of termites
Signs of Termites in Your House (Florida and Texas)
The real signs of termites in your house: winged swarmers, mud tubes, hollow or blistered wood, and droppings. What each one means in Florida and Texas, and what to do this week.
Guide · subterranean termites
Subterranean Termites and Mud Tubes: What They Mean and What to Do
A mud tube on your foundation is the clearest sign of subterranean termites. What the different tube types mean, the break test, and how Florida and Texas treatment differs.
Guide · termite bond
Termite Bond: What It Covers in Florida and Texas, and What Voids It
A termite bond is a service contract, not insurance. What retreatment-only versus repair really means in Florida and Texas, what voids it, what transfers on a sale, and what it costs.
Guide · termite treatment cost
Termite Treatment Cost in Florida and Texas: Real Prices by Method
What termite treatment actually costs in Florida and Texas: real published prices by company and method, what drives the range, and what your contract must show before you pay.
Guide · termite treatment options
Termite Treatment Options: Liquid, Bait, and When Tenting Applies
Liquid termiticide vs bait stations for subterranean termites, and when drywood termites mean tenting or a spot treatment instead. Florida and Texas.
Guide · drywood termites
Drywood Termites in Florida: How to Tell and Whether to Tent
Found pellets or winged insects in your Florida home? How to tell if it's drywood termites, what to do this week, and whether to tent or spot treat.
Guide · formosan termite swarmers
Formosan Termite Swarmers: How to Tell, What to Do Tonight, and Treatment
Winged insects at your porch light after dark in May? How to tell Formosan termite swarmers, what to do tonight, and Formosan termite treatment in Texas and Florida.
Guide · termite tenting
Termite Tenting in Florida: Cost, Prep, How Long You're Out, and Alternatives
Termite tenting in Florida: what companies charge, how long you must stay out under the 2024 label, how to prepare food, medicine, pets and plants, and when a spot treatment will do.
Guide · what is a wdo inspection
What Is a WDO Inspection? Scope, the Report, and Florida and Texas Rules
What is a WDO inspection: a licensed report on termites, other wood-boring insects and, in Florida, wood rot. How it differs from Texas's WDI report and the federal NPMA-33 form.
Guide · termite droppings
Termite Droppings: What They Look Like and What They Mean
Found small pellets or gritty debris in your Florida or Texas home? How to tell termite droppings (frass) from carpenter ant debris, sawdust and beetle frass, and what to do this week.
Guide · termite inspection cost
Termite Inspection Cost in Florida and Texas
What a termite inspection actually costs in Florida and Texas: why some are free, what a paid WDO or WDI report runs, and real prices companies publish, dated.
How these are written
Every factual claim links to a primary source: a state statute or administrative code, a licensing board advisory, a federal agency document, or university extension entomology. Never another blog and never a pest control company's own content.
Where a figure is repeated everywhere but cannot be traced to a credible source, we leave it out and say why. That includes the widely quoted annual termite damage totals and any national average inspection price. Read the full methodology.