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Hi, Coby from Coby’s Tentless Termite and I want to take a moment to talk about termites in Tampa Bay. We have a number of different types of termites in Tampa Bay. The main ones are your dry wood, your subterranean and your gambling, and it covers a tremendous amount of different damage that you will see. And at certain times a year you’ll see them, one type of swarm out of my out. The main thing is that we have picked termites in Tampa Bay, and being that case, you want to have somebody, or at least yourself, go ahead and look for different warning signs that that could be an issue. Now the the easiest one usually is when you see a swarm or a lot of these things start flying out of an area. Now that can be a outside. It could be a route or a stump in the yard, or could be something coming out of a wall or a crack in the foundation of your home. It can also be something that comes out of a ceiling or a door frame. They can come to just about any place. The biggest thing is if you start seeing a lot of insects that are flying around, or could you see a bunch of wings that are flying around, lying around? Then those are indications you have something going on. The easiest thing to do is take a picture, send it to us, or just give us a call and have us come out and we’ll tell you. Is there something to worry about here, or is this something Yeah. I mean, it’s fine. You won’t have to worry about it either way. Just please give us a call if you have questions about this or anything else, and we’ll be happy to go ahead and take care of this. So in the end of the area, Clearwater logo, St Pete, all this area, there’s tons of this stuff going around. And so you just want to be aware of what’s what’s happening, and finding out if this is actually what you’re you’re seeing. So like I said, give us a call Coby from Coby’s Tentless Termite , who’s always God keeps making them. We’ll keep going. And you have a great day. You. The post Termites in Tampa Bay [https://cobyspestcontrol.com/termites-in-tampa-bay/] first appeared on Coby's Pest Control [https://cobyspestcontrol.com].

Hi, I’m Coby with Coby’s Tentless Termite and Pest Control, and today we’re going to talk about how much damage can a termite actually do. Well, a termite not too much, but they’re colonies, and it’s been said that in Florida you can do with anything from about a quarter of a million termites on every square acre in Florida. Well, that’s colony. I mean, that’s big, but they can have many, many, many more, many more colonies, depending where it’s at, and they can also have many more than a quarter of a million in the colony. But the there’s an Asian, an Asian entomologist, and he said, who count? Who how? You know, who count? And so I’m not sure how they came up with the with the thing, but he made fun of it, who’s counting? I mean, really, but the damage, no matter how many they’re in there, the damage more has to do with how long they’ve been eating. Now, you can see this behind me. You can see it, yeah, you can see that. And that’s around a window frame and wouldn’t a wooden frame home, and they just devour that it’s gone. I mean, they use crumble it. It’s so small, it’s so gone, so much. But yeah, that can definitely go ahead and happen. And it can happen in eight months. Could happen in eight years. I mean, in this case, this wall’s pretty much gone. It’ll have to be rebuilt. If they’re stuck on the outside, either they have to be redone. It’s going to be a mess, an absolute mess. And so one of the things I’ve been hearing lately is, oh my gosh, you’re so expensive. It’s like, do you see this? I mean, you don’t, they don’t. If you’re if you have termites in your home, I pray to God, this is not what you’re seeing, okay, when you open up a wall contract or something like that, because you’re talking many, many, many 1000s of dollars with the damage, especially with today’s prices and how much things are, a lot of people found termite damage. When we just had the hurricane came through, and it flooded everything and and a lot of homes in the water were removing drywall, and they found just tons of termite damage. So not only did they have to fix the water damage, and they had to fix termite damage, but the termites could use just so much damage that they’re not taken care of properly, and so too much is expensive, but how much or do they eat? Man, this is, this is a nasty most people don’t take off their drywall to see what’s behind their or their or their What’s that plaster board? I just got a message from my storage saying, I need more storage. Um Sorry, I looked down. It’s a note that just came in but, but, yeah, this is, this is something that is, is definitely happening. They don’t take time off, they don’t stop. They don’t say, oh, it’s not termite season. Now you may not see them, and the most likely time that you could see them is the time that they would swarm. That would be when most people notice notice something. But if you’re doing a home improvement project, not a comment at all to see something like this. So that’s what I would definitely recommend having a professional come out, take a look, see what’s going on, see how they can best help you. Is it, in this case, subterranean termites? Is it dry wood termites? It really, really depends on, on where you’re at, and if you’re not in the state of Florida, California, and I know there’s a few other places too, but more than likely, it will be subterranean termite. It won’t be a dry winter termite, but the but the overall in Florida, we’ve gone from having almost exclusively the week, subtracting termite problems, or what felt to be subtracting termite problems, and now the driver, termite problems through side of control. We’ll talk about a little bit that more in the next next, in the next episode. So if you have a question about termite damage, or termite treatments, or anything like that. Just please give us a call. We’ll be happy to go ahead and get out and take a look for you. Say, we tell you what we can do to help. I’m Coby with Coby’s Tentless Termite and Pest Control, and always remember, as long as God keeps making them, we’ll keep killing them. So thanks. And you have a great day. The post Pinellas County and Clearwater, How much damage do termites do? [https://cobyspestcontrol.com/pinellas-county-and-clearwater-how-much-damage-do-termites-do/] first appeared on Coby's Pest Control [https://cobyspestcontrol.com].

And today we are going to talk about what’s biting you. Hi, I Coby with Coby’s Tentless Termite and Pest Control. And today we’re going to talk about, basically, fleas. There’s other things that can bite you in your home, but the most common one is, is probably a flea. And one of the reasons it is a real pain is because your animals also usually get infested by these as well, and then they’re miserable as well as you’re being miserable. So that’s a kind of, a not kind of that is a bad combination. So the fleece cycle goes something like the egg, larva, pupa and adults. So you have the egg. You know what an egg is. Larva, you’re thinking of like a little caterpillar. Pupa is like a little cocoon that you would see on on butterflies. And then instead of this beautiful butterfly, you have this monster that’s behind me that comes out, and you can see that it has these grasping, piercing, sucking mouth parts that that Pierce in there get the blood, and that’s how they are able to feed their young. In fact, all of the piercing sucking things are not just feeding to feed, but feeding to to regenerate. Anyhow. That being said, the best way to take care of these is probably to treat your animal. Now, there are cases where, and this is what I ran into today. There are cases where you don’t have any animals, so then you’re the food source. Now that can be from a place that was infested and or had animals, and then you they left, and after they left, then they can lay dormant for a while, and after they adorn for a while. Then as soon as you come in, they feel the vibration, and they go ahead, and they jump right on you, and they start feeding. One of the things you can do is vacuum very thoroughly. That’s going to get a lot of the and then so we, I don’t think there’s nearly as many vacuum bags as when I started four years ago. We used to tell people, either put a flea collar in the bag or go ahead and just get rid of the bag. Well, now that it’s almost everything’s done by treating the animal, you just don’t usually have anything. Now if you’re trying to go ahead and get the fleas off of you, then the pest control service definitely can help. But if you’re trying to get them off your animal that’s that’s bathing, there’s a bunch of different things you can use, things like head and shoulders. Dawn baby shampoo works except really well. They can all help. Of course, you have multiple flea products that you can go to the store and purchase, as well as flea bass. But for all intents and purposes, you’re looking at the application on the animal, as well as the application of the house. And then if it’s real bad, maybe even the surrounding property. It can be bad, especially if you had a lot of wildlife around, possums, raccoons, bunnies, that types worlds, too, any of those can can have an issue with that. So if you are having a problem, please give us a call. I think we could help you out with that. Or if you have any questions about this or anything else, just feel free to give us a call. And always remember, as long as God keeps making them, we’ll keep killing and you have a great day. Thanks. We’ll see you next time bye. The post In Tampa and Clearwater, What’s Biting You? [https://cobyspestcontrol.com/in-tampa-and-clearwater-whats-biting-you/] first appeared on Coby's Pest Control [https://cobyspestcontrol.com].

Okay, so now we get to talk about one of my favorites, termites. And, yeah, yeah, the last video I had was what’s biting you, and now this one’s about What’s eating you, or what should say what’s eating your home. Hi, I’m Coby. Coby’s Tentless Termite and Pest Control, and we are known for our checklist approach to treating for termites, where you don’t have to leave your home, bag, your foods, medicines, people with oxygen, or say, pets, birds, pool cages and a bunch of other things too. But you don’t have to do all that stuff. Anyhow, the question came up to me, do termites? Ever sleep? Ever stop? And we just had recent cold snap down here. It was like five days of 50 degree weather. So for those of you who were here, you know, know about that. The rest of the states, rest of United States, say, what? What’s the big deal? But the reason I mentioned that is because, for the North, it was much, much colder. And in northern Mississippi, on one of the the blogs I belong to, they were talking about how customer asked these termites, do they? Do they ever stop? I mean, what’s what’s going on? And it was in January with frigid weather coming in, ice storms, all kinds of stuff and and they’re still working, they’re still eating, they’re still going after it. It’s kind of interesting. When they were first doing the research on dates, they were taking a five gallon bucket and they were putting Litten paper and litmus paper, for those of you who don’t know, it’s it’s paper that you use in scientific experiments, and usually there’s blue and there’s pink and and they’ll also change color. I forget if it was like acid versus a base or I don’t recall. It’s been such a long time since I’ve done that. But what they were doing is they were having these because it’s witness paper, it’s paper. I mean, it’s cellulose, and anything cellulose, termites would love to eat. So they took these five gallon buckets where they knew there was a huge, huge problem of termites up in an old tobacco barn in Kentucky, and they find these buckets in there. And the the buckets were like 70 yards apart, so just shy of the football field apart, and during that time period, in a three week period, during that during a three week period of time, they found different colored termites in different buckets that are 70 yards away. So in a three week period, to kind of give you an idea, I mean, a little little guy can go ahead and travel 70 yards, and you know for sure that they mean, it’s just that you don’t just paint its head. Oh, I found it, but they were literally blue termites and pink buckets and pink termites and blue buckets. And so when you’re finding that it’s just, you’re just, whoa, how is that even possible? And I can’t, can’t imagine something so determined that it would go ahead and travel that much distance just to go ahead and provide for the queen. Pretty cool, pretty cool. I guess most of most wives would pretty much say, Well, that’s what my husband needs to do. Do work that hard to provide for me. But that being said, it’s just a matter of, no. They don’t stop, they don’t rest, they don’t take days off. There can be dormant times where they’re not as active, but as but there it’s like for hours a day, not days of the month. So yeah, to answer your question, no, termites really do not stop. They don’t ever stop. So if you have a question about this or anything else, please give us a call on Coby’s Tentless termite pest control, and always remember, as long as God keeps making them, we’ll keep killing them. And you have a great day. The post Do Termites Ever Stop in Clearwater, Tampa Bay? [https://cobyspestcontrol.com/do-termites-ever-stop-in-clearwater-tampa-bay/] first appeared on Coby's Pest Control [https://cobyspestcontrol.com].

And we are back today to talk about signs of termites. I’m Coby Coby’s Tentless Termite and Pest Control. And for the last 38 years, going on 39 years, we’ve been treating for termites, termites and protecting people’s homes. So if you have a question, please give us a call. But today, let me talk about what are some of the signs of termites. I’ve talked about pellets and droppings for dry wood termites, this is going to be something that you would see now. They can be little darker, like this, maybe a little lighter. It’d be a bunch of them. There’d be a couple of them, but, but wings without bodies. So you just seen the wings not seeing the bodies are more than likely a type of dry with termite. Now say more than likely, because subterranean termites can drop their wings too. But normally, when we see swarms of subterranean termites, the bodies are still attached. But if you’re seeing something that looks like a flying insect, and you’re not sure if it’s thyroid subtrain termite ant, what it could be, what it can’t be, give us a call for sure, so we can get out and look at that. But this is going to be an idea. Now, normally, people see these things, and what they do is they’ll clean off their cabinets or covered dirt, or, well, they’re attracted to light, so there’s going to be wind sills, coffee tables in tables where lights may be, or lamp may be, and as they’re cleaning and moving, or something like that. Also these little wispy wings just can flip down, and that’s a great indication that you have an infestation of dry wood termites and or subtraining termites, depending on time year, usually dry Woods further into the years say, Let’s go april 15 to August 15 is the norm. Whereas we go from January 15 to April 15 for subterranean termites, least in the Tampa Bay, st, Pete, Clearwater, Bargo area, that’s what you you would see down here, at least normally would. But if you’re not sure, they say a picture is worth 1000 words, we’ll take a picture. Okay? It’ll last longer. Yeah, take a picture last longer. Well, send it to us if you or call us and ask us to come out and do an inspection for your inspections are free, so if you have a question about this or anything else, but this is a good indication of you’ve got something going on that you want to take care of before the damage gets too great and then cost you a ton of money. It’s very expensive enough to treat for termites. You don’t need the damage on top of it to go ahead and have a much bigger problem. Anyhow. If you have a question about this or anything else, give us a call. We’re happy to come out. Give you a free estimate, see what’s going on with you, and let you know if we can help you. I’m Coby with Coby’s, Tentless Termite and Pest Control, and always remember, as long as God gets taken, we’ll keep killing them. You have a great day. The post Signs of Termites in Pinellas County, Tampa Bay and Clearwater [https://cobyspestcontrol.com/signs-of-termites-in-pinellas-county-tampa-bay-and-clearwater/] first appeared on Coby's Pest Control [https://cobyspestcontrol.com].