On the evening of June 11, some netizens in Shanghai posted a video showing swarms of termites flying densely under the street lights on the street. A layer of termites could be seen in the lampshade of a resident's home. Some runners said that they were attacked by termites on their night runs.
Even singer Zhou Shen also posted: While eating, I found a lot of flying mosquitoes, and then they started fighting! I found it looked like termites...
Ms. Lu, who lives on Songyuan Road, Changning District, Shanghai, said that she was driving home from work at 7 o'clock last night. She stopped by the roadside and was browsing her mobile phone in the car. When she looked up, she suddenly found that the road was full of termites, surrounded by termites. The street lights were flying. I didn't notice them before when I drove. It felt like termites were out in force at night. We learned from the owner group that termites were infested in the low-floor owners' homes near the green belt, and they were busy killing them. Ms. Lu lived in the high-rise and was not affected. This morning, Ms. Lu went out to pick up her car and found that the termites were gone again.
Ms. Li works in Huangpu District and lives in Putuo District. Ms. Li said that she passed by the Luwan Stadium on Zhaojiabang Road in Huangpu District at around 7 o'clock last night and found swarms of termites flying under the street lights. When you get out, there should be a termite nest near the bush."
Ms. Li returned to her home in Putuo District and found that the community was also full of termites. Everyone was talking about it. One owner even took a video of a gecko hunting termites.
Ms. Li said that Shanghai is infested by termites during this season every year. This year it was relatively good, but the previous two years were more serious. I remember one year that the entrance to the Changshu Road subway station was full of termites, and people had to walk through the termite colony.
The cost of market-based termite killing is too high
Properties purchase medicines to kill termite nests by themselves
Director Qi of the Scenery Courtyard Community in Gongshu District, Hangzhou said that termites begin to move frequently in the early days of the plum season every year, and the community will be infested by termites. Last year, the property management Four termite nests were removed from the carpet-type exhaust system. This year, things are much better. I found termites a few days ago, but they were not large.
Director Qi said that last year, in order to eliminate termites in the community, they consulted the community and market-oriented companies. Of the three companies recommended by the community, two did not quote, saying that the fees were too expensive for you and that they could not eradicate them. Even if the killing was completed in your community, , there will still be people around, and they will still fly here the next year. Another company quoted 93,000. I found a market-oriented company to inspect the property, and the price was more than 60,000, which was charged based on the square meter. It was too expensive to bear. Finally, I communicated with the property owners committee and decided to purchase medicine and search and kill the property on my own. The landscaping master knows better. He reported to the head office and purchased more than 4,600 yuan of medicine, mixed it with water in proportion, and selected three consecutive sunny days to disinfect the termite nests. The medicine has the best effect, but the effect will be worse when it rains. The second round of disinfecting will be carried out after two or three days. Termite nests are mostly found in cracks in trees, at tree roots or in wall corners. In May last year, a carpet survey was carried out, and a total of 4 termite nests were found inside and outside the community. The nests were densely packed with termite eggs, as well as formed and unformed termites.
Termite extermination in the main urban area of Hangzhou is left to the market
Flying winged adults only have a lifespan of one or two days
Ma Lei, chief of the termite control business section of the Hangzhou Property Service and Maintenance Fund Management Center (Hangzhou Termite Control Research Institute) said , there are two waves of termite flight (nuptial flight) every year. The first wave is the flight of scattered termites from the end of March to early April, and the second wave is the flight of house termites and soil termites from the end of May to early June. Among the termites, there are Winged adults leave their ancestral nest to establish a new family. Their wings are used to fly farther and find a suitable environment. It usually takes a week for the winged adults in the nest to complete their flight. They go through flight, wing removal, pairing, and then find a suitable place to build a nest. Less than 1% of winged adults successfully pair up, and they die within a day or two before pairing is completed. After
completes the pairing and finds a suitable place, two termites, one female and one male, can complete the nest. After the nest matures for 3 to 5 years, new winged adults will fly away (nuptial flight). A termite colony can range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. The better the community and urban environment, the more termites there are, and old communities in the city center are more likely to gather termites. The highest termite nesting floor record in Hangzhou is 30 floors. The largest termite nest in China is recorded in Guangdong. The entire 6-story house is a termite nest.
Chief Ma introduced that the termite extermination work in the main urban area of Hangzhou was market-oriented three years ago, and the extermination was handed over to market-oriented companies. The Hangzhou Termite Control Research Institute has a public welfare service. It provides free technical solutions to communities that want to comprehensively control termites, so that the communities have a clear understanding of termite control.
Hangzhou Termite Control Research Institute service consultation hotline: 0571-86969739.
Source: Chengshi Interactive·City Express reporter Chen Weimin
