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Termite control in Georgia

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Termites in Georgia: what to know

Around Georgia

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see termites, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Termites in Georgia: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which termites actually live in Georgia, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

over $200–300 million per year

Georgia spending on remedial termite control

Georgia homeowners collectively spend hundreds of millions on treating existing infestations.

University of Georgia Extension

Termite species recorded in Georgia

Eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) — UGA calls it 'the most widely distributed subterranean termite, and it is the most common termite found in the eastern United States'; it swarms February through April in Georgi…
Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus) — FDACS lists it in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Arizona, California and Hawaii. Colonies contain…
Dark and light southeastern subterranean termites (Reticulitermes virginicus; Reticulitermes hageni) — UGA: both are 'generally less economically important when compared to R. flavipes'; R. virginicus swarms April–June and R. hageni July–September. Part of the Reticulitermes comp…

When termites are busiest in Georgia

Eastern subterranean swarms February–April; dark southeastern April–June; light southeastern July–September; Formosan dusk to about midnight April–July (UGA).

UGA lists Georgia among states with patchy Formosan distribution. Georgia requires written contracts 'for all structural pest control services such as termite treatments', and the Official Georgia Wood Infestation Inspection Report ('termite letter') is used in home sales.

Rules that apply in Georgia

Georgia Department of Agriculture structural pest consumer information (Wood Infestation Inspection Report, contracts, licensing lookup)

For context, nationally

approximately $2 billion per year — Annual US cost of subterranean termite treatment and prevention. University of Georgia Extension
Approximately $4.5 billion — Annual US spending to control subterranean termites and repair damage. University of Missouri Extension

Sources: Biology of Subterranean Termites in the Eastern United States (B1209); University of Missouri Extension; Formosan Termite Program. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Termite control in Georgia

Termites in Georgia: what to know

Around Georgia

What to note

A useful next step

Termites in Georgia: what the public record shows

Termite species recorded in Georgia

When termites are busiest in Georgia

Rules that apply in Georgia

For context, nationally

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