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Article: Termites show true colors, appetite during summer months.
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- The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2007
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Byline: Lisa Sokolowski
Jun. 9--PLYMOUTH -- Lucille Stritzinger came home from work, just like on any normal day. She saw her husband lying in the dark on the living-room floor with their two dogs.
Everything was typical -- until she turned on the lights.
Her husband, Malcolm, was lying in a pool of termites. Unbeknownst to him.
"I thought they were flying ants," Lucille said. "My husband, he was just lying there with the dogs. I said, 'Honey. There are bugs on the floor.' "
Flying ants or not, Lucille headed for the vacuum cleaner to suck the little guys up. Malcolm said she had to save some for the Terminix worker to see, ...