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How many species of termites are there? 🗸🗸🗸: 3000 Termites are ____(burrow underground) and ____(live in colonies) 🗸🗸🗸: fossorial - burrow underground
colonial - lives in colonies Termites have a ____ relationship with bacteria and protozoa for what purpose? 🗸🗸🗸: Symbiotic relationship
bacteria/protozoa provide help with digestion of cellulose Termites pass along beneficial micro organisms to one another through what process? 🗸🗸🗸: they eat each other's shit because it contains the beneficial micro organisms What species or termites causes the most damage? %?
🗸🗸🗸: Subterranean species cause 90 - 95% of all termite problems What are the 4 main subterranean species of termites? 🗸🗸🗸: Light Southeastern
Dark Southeastern
Eastern Subterranean
Formosan What are the main 2 types of termites? 🗸🗸🗸: swarmers
soldiers What is the best way to detect which of the two types of termites you've got? 🗸🗸🗸: swarmers - check the wings
soldiers - check the head How much wood can most colonies of termites eat per day? 🗸🗸🗸: 1 lb
What are some indicators that termites may be present? 🗸🗸🗸: mud tubes
shed wings
swarmers What are some desired conditions for termites? 🗸🗸🗸: wood/soil contact
leaking pipes
poor drainage
improper gutters
below grade stucco/rigid form insulation
green roofs What are 3 types of termite tubes? 🗸🗸🗸: working tubes
exploratory tubes
drop tubes Head types for Eastern Subterranean termites and Formosan termites 🗸🗸🗸: Eastern Subterranean - rectangular heads
Formosan - teardrop heads Who feeds Eastern Subterranean termites? 🗸🗸🗸: the workers How many native species of Eastern Subterranean and Formosan termites are in our area? 🗸🗸🗸: 3 Eastern Sub.
1 Formosan What other insect species has equal sized wings? 🗸🗸🗸: Isoptera What other insect is a close family to termites? 🗸🗸🗸: Cockroach
ants, wasps, bees What are the 3 types(species) of termites? 🗸🗸🗸: Subterranean
Dampwood
Drywood What is chaitin? 🗸🗸🗸: exoskeleton of termites Termites feed on ____ first, then on ____ 🗸🗸🗸: early wood
- then- latewood What are Alates? 🗸🗸🗸: Winged Male and Female Reproductives What are dealates? 🗸🗸🗸: remove wings
What is the first evidence of infestation? 🗸🗸🗸: swarming
wings What kind of wood do termites nest in? 🗸🗸🗸: drywood, dry sound wood* Kick frass out of holes 🗸🗸🗸: 6 sided fecal pellets What species of ants eat wood? 🗸🗸🗸: Carpenter Ants
head, thorax, abdomen What is the name of the node between thorax and abdomen? 🗸🗸🗸: petisil Carpenter ant stuff 🗸🗸🗸: curved thorax, red or black, mainly nocturnal
