Originally Posted By: dbush
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Another question, no pictures
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Another question, no pictures
"LIFE'S TOUGH, WEAR A HELMET"
Originally Posted By: cmacgillivray
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I voted attic. My theory was that a termite would have a harder time getting all the way up to a attic then the basement, crawl space etc. Am I right or wrong on this?
Originally Posted By: Vince Santos
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Would the word subterranean have anything to do with the answer?
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Originally Posted By: cmarshburn
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Deck=treated wood. Do they like arsenic?
Originally Posted By: evandeven
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This is tough for me. I have seen them in all of the places listed and a few that weren’t!
I voted for the most popular answer, however, they can get into all of those places.
Drywood and Subterranean termites will eat pressure treated wood. Look at the Erics vacation thread and there is a pressure treated beam that was eaten by Drywood termites.
I have seen them in cedar shake shingles twice with no visible evidence of termites in the baseboards, walls, or attic. Satellite colony. They were living off of the moisture in the shingles.
We also have a variation of a Subterranean termite down here that nests in trees. And, of course, the Formosan termites as well.
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Originally Posted By: Blaine Wiley
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Eric is on the money. I’ve seen them in all of those places too. I think the keys to the question though are “subterranean” and “least likely”.
Them drywood termites is nasty critters!!
Originally Posted By: cmarshburn
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Yea, they must be! Been lucky so far and never seen them in the mud seal, deck or other treated wood. And yes I’ve been looking
Thanks for the info on this. It’s an issue here too.Originally Posted By: jmyers
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Maybe I should take a reading class, I misread the question and answered incorrectly I might add. DUH!
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Originally Posted By: rmoore
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Attic seemed too obvious so I went with Garage, figuring that the smell from my rusty and leaky can of carburetor cleaner would stop any critter from setting up shop. This of course assumes everyone has a similar odor problem.
Signature withheld as I'm supposed to be a licensed structural pest inspector. 
Originally Posted By: tallen
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