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Krause Home Inspection Service, Inc.
is a licensed pesticide applicator with the PA.
Department of Agriculture.
Companies or individuals who engage in wood destroying
insect inspections must be licensed and insured pesticide
applicator with the PA Department of Agriculture.
This is especially true if the buyer is using a
government backed loan such as but not limited to FHA/VA or Farm Loans.
Although we are licensed to apply pesticides, we feel it
would be a conflict of interest to inspect and treat for wood destroying
insects. For this reason, we do a complete inspection for wood
destroying insects as listed below with treatment by others:
Termites
Carpenter Ants
Powder Post Beetles
Whole House Borers
Carpenter Bees
WOOD DAMAGING INSECTS
 Common
Name
Damage Sites
Damage Potential
Carpenter Ants Wall Voids, Subfloor, rigid insulation, Nests can grow for years.
Damage can
Damage caused by nest expansion be extensive if
undetected.
Termites Delicate insects that live in colonies. Damage can be significant
especially in
Consume wood for food
tropical or warm/arid climates.
Lyctus Powder Sapwood of many hardwood species High, can do extensive damage to
hard-
Post Beetles
woods such as furniture, cabinetry and
flooring.
Anobiid Powder Sapwood of hardwoods and soft- High, can
do extensive damage to hard-
Post Beetle
woods (pine, douglas fir, etc.).
woods and softwoods especially in
 
relatively warm and wet climates.
Round-Headed Both
hardwoods and softwoods
Generally low, however one species, the
Borers-family
old house borer, Hylotrupes bajulus, may
cerambycidae
occasionally, re-infest, particularly in
unheated (damp) structures.
Flat-Headed Standing trees or freshly felled logs Low, however
considerable aesthetic
Borers-family damage may be done by the initial
Bupestidae infestation. Do not re-infest.
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