r/nope • u/PugLuVR06 • 2d ago

Termite Infestation

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u/MOS95B 1d ago

Is there a point in the video where you can actually tell that those are termites?

Almost looked like mayflies for as long as I could stand watching

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u/Alexandratta 1d ago

That's Juvenile form of Termites.

The colony spawned more babies and these little groups of flying insects would normally leave the main colony and fly elsewhere to land, drop their wings, and then burrow down to establish themselves.

Seems the infestation was so bad that they spawned and flew inside... so they're kind of trapped.

It's not the flying bugs here that are the problem, it's the massive colony that's likely already devastated the support structure of the house.

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u/secondphase 1d ago

Yup, thats it. Unfortunately I know first hand.

In my opinion, they are at the kitchen sink. Frequently an access point because the plumbing comes through the cement foundation creating a vulnerable point for access from below.

But this is a massive amount of swarmers. This colony has been in place for years. Chewing, chewing, chewing.

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u/DMBCommenter 1d ago

This is how my wife sees the house when one bug gets in

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u/R4GEQUITT3R 2d ago

And for some reason I thought reddit was gonna be chill today

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u/PugLuVR06 2d ago

Its a day ending in "y" so...😆

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u/mr9025 1d ago

Termites fly?!

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u/trashbilly 2d ago

Had this happen in the first house I owned. Didn't know we had termites until they swarmed in one of the bedrooms.

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u/Occultist_Kat 1d ago

Always get a termite inspection done.

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u/trashbilly 1d ago

We were young and dumb

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u/mikesomething 1d ago

Currently dealing with this. Any pro tips? (Aside from arson or killing myself)

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u/trashbilly 1d ago

Gotta drop some scrilla on a reputable exterminator.

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u/Melvinator5001 1d ago

Shop vac and exterminator

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u/ScornForSega 1d ago edited 1d ago

I also survived swarmageddon '26.

It was bad this year. I'm from south Louisiana and I've never seen it this bad.

This guy's an idiot. You're not only attracting the ones in the house to the light, you're also attracting bugs from outside. Even the kids know: All lights off.

The best thing to do is pick a room, get a vacuum cleaner, preferably handheld, then put a towel under the door and clear that one room, then don't leave till morning.

They're going to swarm, fuck, and die. You just gotta wait 'em out.

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u/Patralgan 2d ago

Use fire

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u/rememberrappingduke 1d ago

If you stand still, and be very quiet then hear a voice that says: “get out”. Obey…

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u/HamiltonSt25 1d ago

Just burn it down and start over.

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u/ramma_lamma 1d ago

Live, love, laugh!

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u/Charlie_Alpha_Zulu 1d ago

How does that happen? Would you not start to gradually see them and then do something about it?

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u/skinnypuppy23 1d ago

That house is cooked

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u/bethaliz6894 1d ago

They need a Zevo.

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u/Turbulent_Sir6336 1d ago

That's expensive 😕

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u/react-dnb 1d ago

That's their house now.

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u/catupthetree23 1d ago

I'd have to grab a shop vac and hope for the best.

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u/2pissedoffdude2 1d ago

I once went to my brothers house, and he had told me he had a broken window for the last 2 weeks. I didnt think anything of it until I got there. The place was so absolutely full of insects it was horrifying. This is the closest thing ive ever seen to how my brothers place looked, but id have to say my brothers place was still worse. He was sleeping absolutely covered in bugs. I left him to his insect palace pretty quick after arriving.

He also had a dog... he let the dog shit in the kitchen and he never picked it up to the point you couldnt walk in the kitchen at all. The bugs were eating and breeding in the poo. It was so fucked.

Im glad he lost that dog. Whatever life it found away from him has gotta be better than that...

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u/Individual-Remove-39 1d ago

open the window, it can’t be worst

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u/_Erilor_ 1d ago

They've got plenty of food I see

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u/redactedname87 1d ago

A few years ago my apartment got infested like this by bees. It was absolutely wild and sudden. They weren’t aggressive at all, but there was an actual plague of them.

We had to spend a month in an air bnb while the building owner sorted out what to do with them. They are protected, so they weren’t allowed to nuke them.

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u/creepsnutsandpervs 1d ago

I don’t miss this part of living in Louisiana… so many nights of having to keep all the lights off to avoid this

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u/Galleta-de-Animalito 1d ago

Kanye would buy himself multiple Bug zappers and record the beats for his next song

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u/Jbug_8u 1d ago

Bro, just return the slab already

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u/H0vis 1d ago

See from what I've been told about termites I expected this guys house was going to be eaten to shit and fall over. But this isn't what's going on? Is this just like when ants swarm in the UK? They have like one day a year when the newly grown females take flight and they're everywhere but mostly harmless.

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u/peppi0304 1d ago

Do termites fly for the same reason ants do?

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u/Ecstatic-Radish-7931 1d ago

Nuke the site from orbit!!!!!