At Kohler Parts Online, the importance of keeping you informed, of all the major points of small engine maintenance, and other essential Kohler engine bits of information, is our main goal and purpose here at this blog site. A big part of being informed and an informed consumer revolves around the health of the turf and garden. This is why it is important to know a little bit about the types of pests that initiate their destructive actions from the turf primarily.

8 Million Dollars of Annual Damage

One such WDO (Wood Destroying Organism) that has made the entire state of Illinois its feeding ground is the subterranean termite. There are two species of these wood-eating termites in Illinois, and they are the Eastern Subterranean Termite and the Arid-Land Subterranean Termite. These organisms have been here in Illinois since long before the first white settlers came here. Before we built the chow halls, which are the wooden homes all over Illinois, the termites foraged happily on the dead wood in the forests. Now these insects cause an approximate 8 million dollars worth of damage to the homes in this beautiful state.