Subterranian Termite

OVERVIEW

• Live in underground colonies or moist secluded areas above ground
• Size of colony differs among species (several thousand to several million termites can be in a colony)
• Color and size depends on the termite’s role:
• Workers and soldiers are 1/8 to 3/8 in; reproductives are 1 in.
• Cream colored; soldiers have brown heads and powerful mandibles
• Builds tunnels called mud tubes to reach food sources
• Feed on products containing cellulose
• Bite off extremely small fragments of wood
• Swarm in the spring
• Most destructive and most widespread type of termite