Described by researchers as one of the most serious wood-destroying pests in the world, subterranean termites cause an estimated $32 billion in damage globally per year, and California is a ...

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SAN DIEGO - Formosan subterranean termites, often nicknamed super-termites, have been found in a number of homes in and around San Diego. "Super-termites" form massive colonies - numbering up to two ...

Termites are one of the most destructive pests out there, but they're only prevalent in certain states where the weather ...

Workers drape a fumigation tent over Mission San Juan Capistrano in 2005. New research has found that California is the nation's largest emitter of a termite fumigant that is a potent greenhouse gas. ...

Sulfuryl fluoride is used to fumigate homes to kill termites since another pesticide, methyl bromide, was found to be ozone depleting. But sulfuryl fluoride is a greenhouse gas that's much more ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A new study shows that three Southern California counties are the worst in the nation for sulfuryl fluoride emissions, the greenhouse gas used in termite tenting. According to the ...

ANAHEIM, CA, UNITED STATES, August 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the autumn months approach, experts are warning Orange County homeowners to be vigilant about ...

Reproductive swarms of Reticulitermes, a genus of termites endemic to North America. Courtesy Casey Hubble/UC ANR. This story originally appeared in the Redwood City Pulse, Palo Alto Online’s new ...

Despite its aggressive reputation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, California releases more of a climate-warming pesticide than all other states combined, most of it from homes fumigated for ...