This insect is so dense that it breaks out in many places! It can get into your clothes and tear down your house... Don't do this when you encounter it

Have you ever experienced this: you are sleeping alone at home, and just when you are about to close your eyes, you always hear strange noises in the corner?

How do you describe this sound? It's like -

Someone was sitting in an old and dilapidated rocking chair, rocking it over and over again... rocking... The wooden chair made a dull creaking sound from time to time.

The sound sometimes echoed in the living room, and sometimes approached the body on the bed little by little along the floor and ceiling, as if someone was walking towards him, but then disappeared beside the bed.

Xiao Zhao encountered this strange thing. He lives in an old residential area. After he went out for a few days during the May Day holiday, his home seemed different.

He thought of the news he had read before, and for a moment he suspected that there were "others" at home.

But the strange thing was that he searched every corner of the house inside and out, but didn't find a single person, and there was no rocking chair in the house at all.

Until one day, the creepy creaking sound appeared again.

Xiao Zhao huddled into a ball and timidly walked to the place where the sound came from - the bathroom.

Suddenly! With a "bang", a black shadow fell from the "ceiling" of the bathroom and hit the ground heavily.

Xiao Zhao was both scared and curious. He moved to the bathroom door little by little. In an instant, his scalp went numb, goose bumps fell all over the floor, and his ears were buzzing.

There are all these yellow and white "maggots", like sesame seeds scattered all over the ground...

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Not only that, there are tens of thousands of "maggots" with wings that keep flying out!

It turned out that the "strange noise" in Xiao Zhao's house was the sound of termites gnawing on wood.

What’s even more frightening is that there are so many termites in Xiao Zhao’s house that they have eaten away the door frame and ceiling of the bathroom. The “ceiling” of the bathroom has no support and has collapsed...

Almost at the same time

Shanghai people's homes have also "fallen"

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Also live broadcast while killing termites

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Students from the north may laugh

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Hey~ guess what?!

I want to tell you a fact

Termites are not "ants", they are cockroaches

Help! Southerners are getting fed up with them!

Due to some fateful reasons, although termites have the word "ant" in their names and look like ants, they are definitely not flying white "ants", nor are they "moths".

It is a cousin of the cockroach that terrifies Guangdong people... and belongs to the order Blattodea.

So to put it simply, termites are a type of cockroaches.

Many people feel that they have never seen real termites.

But you must have seen its appearance before it "changed its vest" (and maybe even fought against it), that is, the "air force" flying all over the sky on a rainy day -

Giant water ants!

From April to June every year, the weather is hot and humid, and the Rain God has recharged his "monthly card". The sky in Guangdong seems to be leaking. It is a good time for water ants to come out to "blast the streets".

Before and after the rainstorm, they will appear like "heavy snow" under the street lights, and then stick into your window screens like nails, trying desperately to crawl inside.

As soon as you open the door, they rush in like a flood from a dam, running rampant in the living room and room, not treating themselves as outsiders at all, and even flying onto your head, face, back, mouth...

As long as there is light, it will become their "main battlefield". Many people dare not even turn on the lights when eating dinner at home!

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The most unbearable thing is that before you can do anything to it, its wings fall to the ground like paper and you can't even sweep them up.

The point is that many people thought that if the giant water ants lost their wings, their fighting power would drop drastically and they would die soon after. But the opposite is true.

Termites without wings, two powerful fighting abilities

Combat Power 1:

2 million eggs per year

When giant water ants "take off" their wings, it probably means they have fallen in love with someone.

When a male and a female successfully pair up, they will become the new king and queen ants of their own nest. They can lay 2 million eggs in a year. Their reproductive capacity is terrifying!

Combat Power 2:

A true "house demolition" expert

After finding a "target", the first priority for termites, as infrastructure maniacs, is to prepare the house -

After successfully mating, they will look for a wooden structure on site (that is, your home) to build a nest.

They may crawl into your wooden floors, door frames, skirtings, and wooden furniture, eating the wood inside, etc.... They like to eat anything that is cellulose.

There is no need to worry about whether they can be digested, because the formic acid secreted by termites is highly acidic and can digest wood, cement and steel bars.

There have been news reports of termites digging holes and building homes in dams near water, causing the dams to collapse.

If people come into contact with its formic acid, it may cause skin allergies, but they will not actively secrete formic acid to humans.

What should I do if termites “kill” my house?

Turn off the lights and windows, 5 moves to defeat the enemy

① Turn off lights, close windows and install screens

Termites like to emerge in groups and fly out to mate and reproduce in the hot and humid summer evenings, just before it rains.

Therefore, once you feel the weather is getting hot and humid, like a sign before rain, you should decisively close the doors and windows, turn on the air conditioner, and turn off the fluorescent lamps and chandeliers that are very attractive to giant water ants. You don't have to turn off the lights, but you must draw the blackout curtains.

In addition, the summer in South China is hot and humid, so it is best to install screens at home to prevent both termites and mosquitoes.

② Place a basin of water under the lamp

For large water ants that have flown into the house, you can fill a basin with an appropriate amount of water and place it under a turned-on light bulb or fluorescent tube. The large water ants will then voluntarily fall into the water and "commit suicide."

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③ For the large water ants that have just flown in, you can use insecticide

This is the fastest and most effective way to kill termites. But this trick is only suitable for "entertaining" new "guests".

④ Do not use pesticides on termites that have already built a nest

If you find that termites have built a nest in your home, then what you see is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many more termites hiding inside, and they have long become "old acquaintances" in your home.

At this time, spraying pesticides can only kill the termites in front of you. The hidden army that knows everything about your house may be alarmed and start to move, transfer, and spread, causing damage to a larger area.

An invincible termite nest was discovered in Anhui

Therefore, if you find a termite nest in your home, you should hire a professional termite removal company. They will place a "termite trapping box" in an appropriate place, with wood in the box to lure termites to eat. When the number of termites in the wooden box reaches a certain level, you can spray termite infection medicine.

This drug is not very toxic and takes effect slowly. After the termites eat it, they return to the nest and slowly die. The poisoned termites will be eaten by other termites. In this way, one person spreads to ten, ten to a hundred, and eventually, the entire nest of termites will be "wiped out".

How to see home

Is there a termite nest?

1. Find the ant path

Where there are ant nests, mud tunnels will form, also called ant roads.

Termite trail

2. Listen to the sound

The surface of some wooden furniture will change color and become dented. If you knock on it and find a hollow in the middle, it may have been invaded by termites.

3. Look at the holes

Some wooden surfaces may have holes, and there may be sawdust and powder on the ground, which are actually termite excrement.

⑤ Keep your home dry and ventilated

Generally speaking, termites are more likely to invade damp wooden furniture. As long as the furniture is kept dry and intact, it is relatively safe. Once wooden furniture becomes damp and deteriorates, it should be replaced or discarded in time.

Keeping your home well ventilated and dry not only makes you feel good, but also makes it easier to prevent termites.

Source: Shenzhen CDC, Shenzhen Health Commission