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Coptotermes elisae, the Papuan plantation termite, is a species of termite in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is native to New Guinea , Indonesia , and Southeast Asia, where it attacks and kills living trees and damages structural timbers.
Termites can be major agricultural pests, particularly in East Africa and North Asia, where crop losses can be severe (3–100% in crop loss in Africa). [262] Counterbalancing this is the greatly improved water infiltration where termite tunnels in the soil allow rainwater to soak in deeply, which helps reduce runoff and consequent soil erosion ...
The lacewing lays its eggs on stumps and rotten logs and the newly hatched larvae make their way to termite galleries via crevices. Having found a termite, the first instar larva waves its abdomen and releases an allomone which paralyses the termite in two to three minutes; it then consumes the termite. Second and third instar lacewing larvae ...
Gnathamitermes perplexus, the long-jawed desert termites or tube-building termites, is a species of termite in the family Termitidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3] The species creates tunnels, with both colony founders and workers transporting sand to excavate tunnels using their mandibles.
Reticulitermes speratus, the Japanese termite, is a species of subterranean termite found in Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. It eats decayed wood . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is adapted to withstand the cold temperatures of the temperate regions it inhabits.
Scheffrahn documents the collection through photographs, which he posts to an online database tracking termite species around the world. “It is a resurrection of lost termite history ...
Pterotermes occidentis is the largest drywood termite found in the deserts of southwestern USA. It is a primitive species of termite and the castes are indistinct. The eggs hatch into nymphs which grow into "pseudergates", which act as workers before developing into either soldiers or winged reproductives. The winged reproductives have large ...
When it enters buildings, which it can do through a minute crack in concrete, it prefers to feed on wood that grew in spring rather than summer growth, which has a higher lignin content; the attacked timbers have a honeycomb-like appearance with soil in the galleries. [1] The termites can create free-standing tubes descending from the ceiling. [1]