so the story begins...it was going to be simple... just scrape the yellow and roll on the blue... ha ha.
when scraping the cedar siding below this window, my putty knife sank in to the handle. Someone had previously added a nice rock planter that stretched across the house just below the window above. The planter kept dirt right against the siding, providing the termites that don't exist here in Vancouver a freeway into the 2x4 plate.
close ups of the plate... chewed on by... hmmm who knows... first diagnosis was some kind of beetle...
Notice the red tipped pinchers...we had a guy come spray before we closed it back up. we may open it up and have a look in the spring.
