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Step 1
Look for a swarm of thousands of winged insects in the daytime, after a rain. The swarm will only last minutes, so you may easily miss it. Look for the evidence the swarm can leave behind. They will shed wings around doors, windows, bathtubs and sinks.
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Step 2
Look for mud tubes. Look in your basement, attic, crawl space, and around your foundation. The tubes will be about the size of a pencil and will be made out of dirt. They will disappear into cracks in the foundation and into doors and window frames. doors and window frames or along siding.
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Step 3
Look for damage to wood. Termites eat wood from the inside out so sometimes the damage is difficult to see. Tap on wall studs and baseboards to locate any hollow sounding areas. If you break these open, you may see a honeycombed pattern that occurs as termites feed along the grain of the wood.
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Step 4
Look for live termites. If you are doing any type of home remodeling, keep an eye out for actual termites. They are light colored and about the size of a grain of rice. They will scatter quickly when they are exposed to the light.
