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Formosan termites, since their probable landing at the Port of New Orleans around the middle of the 20th century, have become a most serious concern to pest control regulators and researchers. In the 1970's, the United States Department of Agriculture began to track the spread of Formosan infestations.
Colonies of termites have been seen thriving in warm buildings located in cold regions. [240] Some termites are considered invasive species. Cryptotermes brevis, the most widely introduced invasive termite species in the world, has been introduced to all the islands in the West Indies and to Australia. [59] [236] Termite damage in wooden house ...
It is native to tropical India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka but has extended its range into the subtropics and warm temperate areas of the Himalayan foothills to altitudes of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft). [1] It causes damage to timber in buildings and is one of the most destructive termites in urban and agricultural areas in the world. [2]
For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...
‘If you think about the CO2 that we are releasing, that cows are releasing — termites are probably equivalent.” As climate gets hotter, the termites get hungrier, UM-led study finds Skip to ...
The termites we have in the United States do not bite, sting or harm you. “They're really gentle. I mean, they eat your house, which is terrible, but you hold them safely, they can't hurt you ...
The eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) is the most widely distributed termite found in the eastern United States. R. flavipes is commonly found in southern Ontario, and is found in all the eastern states including Texas, extending as far south as Mexico City and as far west as Arizona, with likely accidental introductions on ...
The Macrotermitinae, the fungus-growing termites, constitute a subfamily of the family Termitidae that is only found within the Old World tropics. This subfamily consists of 12 genera and about 350 species and are distinguished by the fact that they cultivate fungi inside their nests to feed the members of the colony. Despite the popular ...