These termites prefer to live underground. That is, until they make their way into your home. They keep damp to survive and build mud tunnels to stay protected and travel from the ground to their preferred dining place in your home. They love to eat soft woods. If see wood on your home with holes that appear like honeycomb, you more than likely have subterranean termites.

Unlike the subterranean termites, these guys do not need to be near the soil, but do prefer dry wood. The wood consumed by drywood termites takes on a smooth appearance and you most often find them dining on the support beams in your house, as well as in furniture or even expensive hardwood floors. Yikes.

Wood boring beetles are commonly found in areas of high moisture contact. In many cases, substructure framing in crawl spaces with poor ventilation may lead to beetle infestations. The amount of damage may vary based on the species of beetle; however, in all cases the damage will weaken structural timbers.This damage results primarily from the feeding activities of the beetle larvae.