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Did You Know?
There are 2,700 species of termites worldwide.
Subterranean
Termites
Latin
Name
Order
Isoptera
Appearance
Four
"castes" of a termite colony: workers are approximately 1/4-inch
long, light-colored and wingless; soldiers have elongated heads with
mandibles; supplementary reproductives are light-colored and wingless or
have very short, nonfunctional wings.
Habit
Live
in colonies underground, from which they build tunnels in search of food;
able to reach food above the ground level by building mud tubes; dependent
on moisture for survival.
Diet
Wood
and other cellulose material.
Reproduction
Different
rates of growth from egg stage to adult depending on individual species;
one queen per colony, which can lay tens of thousands of eggs in its
lifetime, but most eggs are laid by supplementary reproductive in an
established colony.
Other
Termites
cause over $2 billion in damages each year. Subterranean termites cause
95% of all termite damage in North America. Colonies can contain up to 1
million members.
