# Termites!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/termites/495928>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 10, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/termites/495928 "2009-05-10T07:44:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tranquilwind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tranquilwind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilwind)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/termites/495928/1 "2009-05-10T07:44:55Z")

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Does anyone know a cheep way to kill Termites? I don’t have a lot of money and need them dead! Can someone tell me the best Insecticide or a cheep one that works? Please post with anything helpful, thanks all… Leslie

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**Author:** ![tiltypig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@tiltypig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiltypig)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/termites/495928/2 "2009-05-10T12:54:24Z")

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Never tried this, but this [method](http://books.google.com/books?id=NPI8_-omzvsC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=stamets+termites&source=bl&ots=38nw8-ip-G&sig=NPDt2gUZ-Js_2XWuNPs-ZdHQ5lc&hl=en&ei=-80GSp-mMIqYMvfpoKYP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2#PPA110,M1) seems amazing.

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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/termites/495928/3 "2009-05-11T00:24:52Z")

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Did you buy your house in the last 5 years in Missouri? When I bought my house, it came with a mandatory inspection, treatment and certification that there were no termites and a guarantee they wouldn’t return in 5 years.

They returned; I called; house and ground was resprayed…termites dead…no cost to me.

Other states may have similar traditions/laws.