Experimented using WD-40 (aerosol lubricant) to nuke drywood termites,
and seemed to work. First squirted in their holes where they were
ejecting granules. A lot of fluid missed going into the hole, so on the
single ejection hole that formed somewhat later, a soft piece of
cardboard was cupped to direct all fluid inside. Boy, did that hole
suck in petro-cocktail, by capillary action or whatever.

Well, no guarantees, but their long period of activity seems to have
come to a halt. Only dared tried it because that furniture was the only
worthwhile stick of wood in a concrete structure. And official drywood
termite treatment is expensive and inconvenient (remember drywood
termites are TOTALLY different than the more typical kind of termite
which require moisture, mudtubes etc).

In article .com,
"dumbstruck" wrote:

(remember drywood
termites are TOTALLY different than the more typical kind of termite
which require moisture, mudtubes etc).

Is that the same as powder post beetles?

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Nick Hull wrote:
Is that the same as powder post beetles?

No, unfortunately if you are in extremely hot and humid areas there is
a variety of termite that lives happily in the wood without having to
return to moist ground. They look pretty similar (either chubby white,
or dark with wings in swarm mode), but instead of mudtubes you just see
piles of ejected sawdust. You can trace the sawdust to tiny holes above
which lead to their inner network (which I soaked with wd-40).