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On some occasions we have found Gnathamitermes\u00a0coming threw cracks in slabs and eating the paper on drywall. When this happens we do suggest a corrective action to stop this type of structural damage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1124\" title=\"Gnathamitermes perplexus\" src=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/075-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/075-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/075.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/078.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1125\" title=\"Gnathamitermes perplexus 2\" src=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/078-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/078-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/078-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/azbugco.com\/wp-content\/uploads-AZBugCo\/2011\/07\/078.jpg 1840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long jawed desert termite ( Gnathamitermes perplexus ) is a very common termite here in the high deserts of Arizona.\u00a0This termite is considered a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9],"tags":[48,32,33],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-desert","category-pest-control","tag-high-desert-pest-and-weed-control","tag-subterranean-termites","tag-termites","wpcat-36-id","wpcat-9-id"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The long jawed desert termite ( Gnathamitermes perplexus ) is a very common termite here in the high deserts of Arizona. 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