Sopchoppy Pest Control, Between the River and the Forest

That is the usual pattern here, and the answer is closing the underside rather than trapping repeatedly. An unsealed or damaged skirting gives armadillos, opossums, raccoons and snakes a dry sheltered space with a roof over it, and once it is known it stays known. Proper skirting with a ground cover underneath, secured at the base so it cannot be pushed under, and any utility penetrations closed, removes the reason. Remove what is already under there first, then close it, or you seal an animal in.

More than a newer house in town does. The ground stays damp all year, the forest and river bottom supply plenty of wood in soil contact, and an older house has decades of repairs in softer modern timber that termites reach before they touch anything original. On top of that, most crawl spaces here are earth-floored and unventilated in practice, which is the condition that makes both termites and wood-decay fungus comfortable. An annual inspection is the minimum that makes sense.

Removal on its own largely is, because the supply is continuous. Exclusion is not. Sealing the building, screening the vents, closing in the underside of any structure on piers, capping the chimney and securing bins and feed changes what the property offers, and after that removal deals with what is already inside rather than an endless queue. Spending on removal first and exclusion never is the most common way people end up paying every year.

State rules say the front page of a termite agreement has to name what it actually covers, subterranean or drywood or both. Older and newer construction sit mixed together around Sopchoppy, so ask which of those yours names before you sign rather than afterwards.