This is Ahmed Elhadad from Melbourne University, testing a accoustic chip in a Coptotermes frenchi colony nest we found in Donvale.
Termite aren’t just termites, in fact there are over 350 different species in Australia alone and although the majority of them don’t cause us any issues there are some species that create huge amounts of damage throughout Melbourne. This photo, … Continue reading
Termites are predominately a subterranean species but just like most colony organisms each member of the colony has a role to play. In the video you can see an example of the ‘reproductives’ or ‘alate’ termites flying out of … Continue reading
This is a classic example of termites entering a building, in this case in a basketball stadium in Greensborough, up a concrete stump. Also of note is the ‘ant cap’ between the stump and the buildings bearer, however this has … Continue reading
This shows termites (Nasutitermes spp) in a timber stump which was being used to enter a home ‘undetected’. Although this example is of timer stump it should not be thought that termites cannot enter a home using a concrete stump, in … Continue reading