A Few Shining Lights In The Darkness: 5 Upstanding Termites I Must Acknowledge Took No Part In The Eating Of My House
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- 25 Oct 2022
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Earlier this year, my entire house collapsed into a heap of beams and insulation as a result of extensive termite damage. Needless to say, this experience significantly lowered termites in my esteem, but I do have to admit that there are some termites who have maintained my respect during the ordeal. Here are 6 upstanding termites I must acknowledge took no part in the eating of my house.
1. The termite that watched silently from a nearby tree stump while the rest of the termites ate my house
Early on in my saga, I watched helplessly as a parade of thousands upon thousands of termites stormed my basement, making a menacing line from the woods behind my house across my lawn. But I did spy a single termite—an independent soul, perhaps deemed a heretic among his kind—that, before reaching my apartment, stopped at a small stump at the edge of the woods and watched the action from there. I have to assume that he knew what his compatriots had set out to do, and wanted no part in it. I do believe that termites are evil, vicious, and destructive, and clearly have no regard for the once impressive split-level I’d taken out a 30-year mortgage on—but I must make an exception for this particular termite. He was different.
2. The termite that chose to eat my shed rather than my house
Thank you, I say Thank you, to this termite! Most mornings this year I woke up to the sound of thousands of synchronized termite jaws gnawing at my house’s supports and causing the walls to buckle, but this singular termite had ideas of its own, and chose instead to gnaw at the dozens of boards that made up my toolshed. Of course, I would have preferred that my toolshed not be destroyed, but in the scheme of things it was much less painful and expensive than the total decimation of my house. I have to think that this termite recognized my inherent, deep-seated longing for a home, and chose to protect it. An upstanding termite, indeed. Read More...
