Termite Frass Termite Droppings From Ceiling

Piles of wings or mud tubes.

Termite frass termite droppings from ceiling.

These piles could be drywood termite droppings known as frass. Mysterious piles of pellets are indicative of drywood termite presence. When drywood termites infest structural timbers in your ceiling cracks may occur due to the shifting wood. When it comes to the color termite frass differs greatly depending on the kind of wood and cellulose food source ranging from dark brown to beige.

Unfortunately if frass is kicked out of a termite burrow in the ceiling or some other place it can fall unto the floor wooden or carpet where it is unlikely to ever be detected. Homeowners can identify drywood termites using their droppings that are usually originate in the form of pellets. So there would be small black marks and dark substances which would result into the termite droppings. When they clean out their nest they push these droppings out through holes.

When two drywood termites establish a small nest in wood they seal the hole they used to enter the wood and do not leave the nest. Unlike sawdust which looks more like small shavings and slivers the frass consists of multicolored light white and dark brown granular pellets. Often these pellets look like coffee grounds however they can imitate the appearance of sand and sawdust as well. All the particles are more or less of the same length 1 mm.

Termite droppings is the important sign of the presence of drywood termites. Termite droppings drywood termites leave behind ridged light brown fecal pellets called frass. This is especially true for homeowners who have know clue what frass looks like. While cleaning their nests they push this frass outside of their nest through the holes.