Household - Domestic Help
Myth: "Termite mounds are a tropical thing; we don't have to worry about them in California."
Fact: The towering earthen mounds you see in documentaries from Africa or Australia are built by species that don't live here. California's termites (subterranean, drywood, and dampwood) skip the mounds entirely: subterranean termites build thin mud tubes along foundations and crawl spaces instead, and drywood termites leave behind sand-like frass. No mound doesn't mean no infestation; it just means the damage is happening somewhere you can't see it.
