I found the remains of three single, unoccupied termite mud tubes extending from the baseboard. I also found corresponding tubes on the outside foundation of house. I have typical stucco house with tile roof. I inspected inside of house, baseboards, upper walls, window and door area. I didn't find any other signs of mud tubes, frass or wings. I always apply diatomaceous earth at both indoors and outdoors perimeter most of the year except when it rains. Most of the attic is inaccessible with tight quarters. So I checked it as best I could. I didn't find anything there yet. The termite tubes I found inside just ended abruptly as if the termites gave up. I have no wood structures attached to the house. I'm thinking about using the nematode microscopic worms or applying additional diatomaceous earth paste on the foundation. What do you think?

Back in early December, we bought a small reindeer (about 8" tall) made out of tree branches at the local Christmas tree lot. We all liked it so we kept it displayed on a front table even after we packed up the Christmas stuff. Today, we noticed a small pile of wood shavings mixed dark drops in it. One Google image search later and it looked pretty darn close to termite shavings. A few questions: -This wood reindeer is basically a buffet of yummy goodness for termites, right? As opposed to the sea of plastic and metal in our modern world? -Could this have been dormant larvae in the reindeer all this time and they're finally snacking their way out? -Or is this a sign of a bigger problem? I inspected the home's foundation and didn't see any signs of termite tunnels. We had some work done in our attic crawlspace about 6 weeks ago and he said that he saw no signs of termites, mice, or other pests in the crawlspace. We did, however, have a neighbor about 1/4 mile away have signs of it (Terminex did an external spray but deemed that they didn't need tenting). Also, there was a plywood box on the same table as the reindeer and it had no shavings or droppings on it. Basically, I wanted to see if this points to an isolated incident (we bagged the reindeer and threw it away) or if we should be concerned about anything else. Thanks!