Private boats are fueling the spread of highly destructive invasive termites in Florida, according to a new study by the ...

Termite tenting is a method for exterminating drywood termites and other wood-destroying insects. It involves placing a tent or tarps over a home and then releasing gas fumigants into the structure.

The method, detailed in the Journal of Economic Entomology, uses a pleasant-smelling chemical released by forest trees called ...

But Chouvenc warns that those tents only deal with the tamest of the three destructive termite species in Florida, the West Indian drywood termite. In fact, the other two species are invasive ...

However, the species responsible for the most damage—Formosan and Asian subterranean termites and West Indian drywood termites—have adapted to urban climates. Once an infestation is ...