Flying termites, or "swarmers," signal a nearby colony and can cause serious damage if not addressed quickly. To control flying termites, King recommends differentiating between long-term elimination ...

For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...

Dividing community labor between soldiers, workers and reproducers, termites sustain themselves by attacking and ingesting wood. Because wood is one of the most widely used building materials, it’s ...

Springtime, with its warmer temperatures and more abundant rainfall, is typically when many winged termites emerge inside homes and other structures. Termites swarm from the colony to disburse, fall ...

DEAR JOAN: Thought you might be interested in a phenomena I have witnessed for a number of years. I notice that flying termites exit the soil after the first rain of the year in the fall or winter.

After the first big rain, western subterranean termites swarm by the thousands. Hungry ants, spiders and birds pick them off as they emerge from the soil. The survivors fly off to find mates, and ...

Encountering a swarm of airborne arthropods in and around your home can be unsettling. Don't panic! Here's what you need to know about flying ants.

After a summer of wildfires and drought, the Bay Area's first rain of the season is a time of relief for many. But for the insect-averse, there's one not-so-pleasant side effect of the precipitation: ...

Q: I was out poking around the garden beds on one of those recent warm days and noticed a nest of skinny winged insects crawling in the mulch. I was concerned that they might be termites, so I looked ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Termites are swarming through Southeast Texas and experts are giving residents tips on how to keep them from flying in your home. Just recently, termites were caught on video ...