Obviously never been to my house

In his series on Boston wildlife, the Urban Pantheist discusses (and offers up larger-than-life photos of) the eastern subterranean termite, which he calls "a relatively fragile creature." He adds he doesn't buy those Terminix commercials, at least not for New England:

... I have only found termites in Boston underneath damp rotten logs. ...

He should visit us someday - I could show him the termite "tube" (sort of a termite subway) that snakes up our basement wall - which we discovered a couple years ago, not long after we saw an army of termites crawling up our living room wall, piles of their discarded wings on the floor. Can you say "ew?" Can you say "I wonder how fast they called a pest control company?"