Mum’s horror after finding two ‘sticks’ on her ceiling – before the grim reason they are there is revealed
- A woman has termites in her bathroom
- She only found out after spotting ‘sticks’ coming from the roof
- Termites damage an average of 34,000 Australian homes each year
A mum has been left horrified after finding two ‘sticks’ stuck to her bathroom ceiling ‘out of nowhere’.
The woman, who rents the property, asked for advice from cleaning and home experts online in an attempt to work out what was causing the little brown ‘twigs’ but wasn’t ready for the answer.
‘It looks like termites, get your roof checked as soon as possible,’ one woman said.
Dozens of others agreed the ‘sticks’ looked like tiny termite tracks and could be the sign of a much bigger problem.
‘They are some kind of garden termite, I had them in a rental once,’ said another.
Woman left stumped after finding these two sticks on her bathroom ceiling
The ‘sticks’ look to be ‘mud tubes’ which termites use as ‘tunnel-like structures’.
According to pest-aid, they’re irregular in shape and made from wood matter, dirt, faeces and saliva and are spotted both outside and inside the home.
The tubes protect termites from predators and from drying out (as subterranean termites need moisture to survive) as they travel between a food source and the nest.
Others offered other explanations for the woman’s new brown bathroom decorations.
‘They look like they could be wasp nests,’ one woman said.
While another put the mounds down to ‘bad wiring’.
The woman reacted with shocked emojis after termites were suggested.
Termites damage an average of 34,000 Australian homes each year – with an average clean up cost of about $10,000 each time.
It is important to catch them early which means knowing the signs – like mud forming on walls or ceilings.
According to the experts at Termi Trust the best way to pick up termites before they cause too much damage is to have regular pest inspections.
It is important not to disturb termites, signs they could be in your home also include damp walls, faint tapping or chewing noises behind plaster walls, power failures and build up of earthy materials around power points.
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