by Frank <frankdotlogullo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Aug 20, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Cesar Zapata wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Today I found, I actually not only today, but found some "dirt" or
> "mud" in the corner of a window hinge.
> The window's hinge is made of metal and when I cleaned it I did not
> see any trace of any ants or ants/like residue. it was empty... Now I
> think it could be empty because I saw a woodpecker and he may have
> eaten the insects inside but he left.
> I don't know if I have a termite or Ant or other insect problem. I
> thought termites make mud tubes and this also 6 ' feet high from the
> ground .
>
> ugggh I hope is not termites... Please help.
>
>
Don't know about Formosan termites, the flying kind, but termite tunnel
would be from the ground to wood.
Sounds like a mud dauber wasp which is not a problem:
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/bmuddaub.html