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Termites are usually divided into 3 groups based on the location of their colony:

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most common of the subterranean termites are =

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the most important drywood termites = _, southeastern, West Indian (formerly the powderpost/ furniture)

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the most important drywood termites = western, _, West Indian (formerly the powderpost/ furniture)

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the most important drywood termites = western, southeastern, _ _ (formerly the powderpost/ furniture)

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the most important dampwood termites = _, Nevada/small/dark, desert

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the most important dampwood termites = Pacific, _ , desert

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the most important dampwood termites = Pacific, Nevada/small/dark,

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Three body regions (head, thorax, and abdomen) broadly joined with
_ _ as found in ants

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Antenna _, composed of a series of beadlike segments.

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Antenna moniliform, composed of a series of _ segments.

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Tarsi 4-segmented

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Tarsi #-segmented

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Cerci _

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Workers creamy white with head slightly darker

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Workers COLOR COLOR with head slightly darker

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Workers creamy white with _ slightly darker

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Workers creamy white with head slightly _

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Workers No _ eyes or ocelli (simple eyes) present

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Workers No compound _ or ocelli (simple eyes) present

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Workers No compound eyes or _ (simple eyes) present

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Workers No compound eyes or ocelli (_ _) present

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Workers No compound eyes or ocelli (simple eyes) _

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Workers Wings _

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_ creamy white except for dark and much-enlarged head

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Soldiers _ _ except for dark and much-enlarged head

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Soldiers creamy white except for _ and much-enlarged head

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Soldiers creamy white except for dark and _ _ head

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Soldiers creamy white except for dark and much-enlarged _

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Soldiers = _ with large pair of mandibles, except for nasutiform soldiers which
lack mandibles and have head prolonged into a distinct snout

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Soldiers = Head with large pair of mandibles, except for nasutiform soldiers which
lack _ and have head prolonged into a distinct snout

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Soldiers = Head with large pair of mandibles, except for nasutiform _ which
lack mandibles and have head prolonged into a distinct snout

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Head with large pair of mandibles, except for nasutiform soldiers which
lack _ and have head prolonged into a distinct snout

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Soldiers = Head with large pair of mandibles, except for nasutiform soldiers which
lack mandibles and have _ prolonged into a distinct snout

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Soldiers = Head with large pair of mandibles, except for nasutiform soldiers which
lack mandibles and have head prolonged into a distinct _

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Soldiers = Usually with a _ (porelike opening to the frontal gland) on top of head

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Soldiers = Usually with a fontanelle (porelike opening to the frontal gland) on top of _

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Soldiers = porelike opening to the frontal gland =

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Soldiers = Wings _

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_ (alates or winged/primary reproductives) pale yellowish to reddish brown to black, depending on the species.

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Swarmers (_ or winged/primary reproductives) pale yellowish to reddish brown to black, depending on the species.

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Swarmers (alates or winged/primary _) pale yellowish to reddish brown to black, depending on the species.

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Swarmers = _ eyes present, and with pair of ocelli (except Zootermopsis spp.)

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Swarmers = Compound eyes _, and with pair of ocelli (except Zootermopsis spp.)

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Swarmers = Compound eyes present, and with pair of _ (except Zootermopsis spp.)

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Swarmers = _ pairs of wings nearly equal in length and width, which
lie flat over abdomen when not in use

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Swarmers = Two pairs of _ nearly equal in length and width, which
lie flat over abdomen when not in use

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Swarmers = Two pairs of wings nearly _ in length and width, which
lie flat over abdomen when not in use

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Swarmers = Two pairs of wings nearly equal in length and width, which
lie _ over abdomen when not in use

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Swarmers = Two pairs of wings nearly equal in length and width, which
lie flat over _ when not in use

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Swarmers = Wings almost clear to smoky black

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Swarmers = _ almost clear to smoky black

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Swarmers = Wing _ usually darker; their number and position used to identify groups

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Swarmers = Wing veins usually darker; their number and position used to identify groups

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Termites have _ metamorphosis: _

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Subterranean termites have three castes:

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_ and _ termites lack a true worker caste, and
their functions are performed by preadults which
ultimately develop into soldiers or reproductives.

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Drywood and dampwood termites lack a true _ caste, and
their functions are performed by preadults which
ultimately develop into soldiers or reproductives.

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Drywood and dampwood termites lack a true worker caste, and
their functions are performed by _ which
ultimately develop into soldiers or reproductives.

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Drywood and dampwood termites lack a true worker caste, and
their functions are performed by preadults which
ultimately develop into _ or _

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Workers are/can be separated into two groups:
true workers who are sterile, and
functional workers who are either male or female

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Workers are/can be separated into _ groups:
true workers who are sterile, and
functional workers who are either male or female

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Workers are/can be separated into two groups:
_ _ who are sterile, and
functional workers who are either male or female

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Workers are/can be separated into two groups:
true workers who are _, and
functional workers who are either male or female

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Workers are/can be separated into two groups:
true workers who are sterile, and
_ _ who are either male or female

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Workers are/can be separated into two groups:
true workers who are sterile, and
functional workers who are either _ or _

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_ _have the ability to molt into
soldiers, swarmers, or secondary reproductives,
depending on the colony’s needs

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Functional workers have the ability to _ into
soldiers, swarmers, or secondary reproductives,
depending on the colony’s needs

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Functional workers have the ability to molt into
_, swarmers, or secondary reproductives,
depending on the colony’s needs

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Functional workers have the ability to molt into
soldiers, _, or secondary reproductives,
depending on the colony’s needs

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Functional workers have the ability to molt into
soldiers, swarmers, or _ _,
depending on the colony’s needs

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Functional workers have the ability to molt into
soldiers, swarmers, or secondary reproductives,
depending on the colony’s _

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_ maintain the colony, construct and repair the nest, and forage and feed the colony

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Workers maintain the _, construct and repair the nest, and forage and feed the colony

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Workers maintain the colony, _, and forage and feed the colony

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Workers maintain the colony, construct and repair the nest, and _

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_ are sterile and have one function, to protect the colony

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Soldiers are _ and have one function, to protect the colony

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Soldiers are sterile and have one function =

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Soldiers = The enlargement of the _ and _ is such that they must be fed by workers.

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Soldiers = The enlargement of the head and mandibles is such that they must be fed by _

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Soldiers = They are present in far fewer numbers than _

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Soldiers = _ soldiers squirt a sticky, irritating liquid for defense.

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The _ _ are the king and queen which were the swarmers that started the colony

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The primary reproductives are the _ and _ which were the swarmers that started the colony

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The primary reproductives are the king and queen which were the _ that started the colony

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The king and queen mate periodically, and the queen may live up to # years, perhaps longer.

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_ reproductives are produced in more mature colonies

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Secondary reproductives are produced in more _ colonies

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Secondary reproductives do not have _, and their body is
more lightly pigmented than that of the primary reproductives

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Secondary reproductives do not have wings, and their _ is
more lightly pigmented than that of the primary reproductives

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Secondary reproductives do not have wings, and their body is
more lightly pigmented than that of the _ _

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the best time to install _ _ _ devices is
during peak foraging in the spring or early summer

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the best time to install monitoring and baiting devices is
during peak foraging in the _ _ _ _

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the best time to install monitoring and baiting devices is
_ _ _ in the spring or early summer

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_ _ _ devices should be in installed in attractive areas of higher soil moisture

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monitoring and baiting devices should be in installed in attractive areas of _ _ _

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for monitoring and baiting devices ... the larger the _ resource contained in such devices the better

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If a colony is started by a pair of _ _ _ at the time of construction,
at least 3 or 4 years are required before even a few swarmers will be produced

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If a colony is started by a pair of subterranean termite swarmers at the time of _,
at least 3 or 4 years are required before even a few swarmers will be produced

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If a colony is started by a pair of subterranean termite swarmers at the time of construction,
at least YEARS are required before even a few swarmers will be produced

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If a colony is started by a pair of subterranean termite swarmers at the time of construction,
at least 3 or 4 years are required before even a few _ will be produced

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If a colony is started by a pair of subterranean termite swarmers at the time of construction,
at least 3 or 4 years are required before even a few swarmers will be _

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if the structure is built over or close to a _ _ _ of subterranean termites,
hundreds of swarmers may appear within a year

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if the structure is built over or close to a strong existing colony of _ _ ,
hundreds of swarmers may appear within a year

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if the structure is built over or close to a strong existing colony of subterranean termites,
hundreds of _ may appear within a year

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if the structure is built over or close to a strong existing colony of subterranean termites,
hundreds of swarmers and substantial damage may appear within YEARS

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there is _ _ _ _ to determine how long termites
have infested a structure or a given area

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there is no proven quantitative method to determine how long termites
have _ a structure or a given area

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how long it takes a given termite species to cause a given amount of damage, the answer is _ _

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how long it takes a given termite species to cause a given amount of _, the answer is highly variable

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Factors that influence wood consumption rate include such things as:
not all workers feed on the same wood

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Factors that influence wood consumption rate include such things as:
different kinds of _ are consumed at different _

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Factors that influence wood consumption rate include such things as:
rate of consumption _ over a season and by termite colony

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Factors that influence wood consumption rate include such things as:
rate of consumption fluctuates over a _ and by termite colony

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Factors that influence wood consumption rate include such things as:
rate of consumption fluctuates over a season and by termite _

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Subterranean termite control involves:

placing a _ _ _ and/or
an in-ground perimeter monitoring-baiting system between
the termite colony and the wood of the structure

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Subterranean termite control involves:

placing a pesticide treatment zone and/or
an in-ground perimeter _ _ _ between
the termite colony and the wood of the structure

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Subterranean termite control involves:

placing a pesticide treatment zone and/or
an in-ground perimeter monitoring-baiting system between
the _ _ and the wood of the structure

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Subterranean termite control involves:

placing a pesticide treatment zone and/or
an in-ground perimeter monitoring-baiting system between
the termite colony and the _ of the structure

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Subterranean termite control involves:

placing a pesticide treatment zone and/or
an _ _ _ monitoring-baiting system between
the termite colony and the wood of the structure

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the _ of above-ground moisture sources that can support secondary colonies

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the elimination of _-_ moisture sources that can support secondary colonies

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the elimination of above-ground _ sources that can support secondary colonies

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the elimination of above-ground moisture sources that can support _ colonies

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the elimination of wood-to-ground and rigid foam board/foam-to-ground contact (the building owner's responsibility),

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the elimination of _-_-_ and rigid foam board/foam-to-ground contact (the building owner's responsibility),

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the elimination of wood-to-ground and _ _ _/foam-to-ground contact (the building owner's responsibility),

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the elimination of wood-to-ground and rigid foam board/foam-to-ground _ (the building owner's responsibility),

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Subterranean termite control involves:

reduction of crawl space humidity via vents and/or polyethylene soil cover

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Subterranean termite control involves:

reduction of _ _ humidity via vents and/or polyethylene soil cover

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Subterranean termite control involves:

reduction of crawl space _ via vents and/or polyethylene soil cover

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Subterranean termite control involves:

reduction of crawl space humidity via _ and/or polyethylene soil cover

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the possible _ of infested wood to rapidly kill the above-ground termitesr

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the possible injection of _ _ to rapidly kill the above-ground termitesr

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the possible injection of infested wood to _ _ the above-ground termitesr

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Subterranean termite control involves:

the possible injection of infested wood to rapidly kill the _ _ termites

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Subterranean termite control involves:
for _ termites, elimination by removal or treatment of
the above-ground cartons by injection or fumigation is sometimes required

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Subterranean termite control involves:
for Formosan subterranean termites, elimination by _ or _ of
the above-ground cartons by injection or fumigation is sometimes required

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Subterranean termite control involves:
for Formosan subterranean termites, elimination by removal or treatment of
the _ _ _ by injection or fumigation is sometimes required

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Subterranean termite control involves:
for Formosan subterranean termites, elimination by removal or treatment of
the above-ground cartons by _ or _ is sometimes required

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Subterranean termite control involves:
Successful baiting involves the _ _ of devices and their diligent monitoring

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Subterranean termite control involves:
Successful baiting involves the thoughtful installation of devices and their _ _

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Subterranean termite control involves:
_ _ termite baiting systems are placed directly on termite infested wood or foraging tube.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
above-ground termite _ _ are placed directly on termite infested wood or foraging tube.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
above-ground termite baiting systems are placed _ _ termite infested wood or foraging tube.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
above-ground termite baiting systems are placed directly on termite _ _ or foraging tube.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
above-ground termite baiting systems are placed directly on termite infested wood or _ _

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Subterranean termite control involves:
post-construction termite treatment = 1) doing a complete _ application

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Subterranean termite control involves:
post-construction termite treatment = 2) spot treating the _ _ of termite activity

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control of subterraneans via _ _ _ _ is effective

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control = selected sand particle size = _ _ of a certain size range are
small enough that termites cannot maneuver between them but are also too large for termites to
manipulate or remove them.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control = selected sand particle size = sand particles of a _ _ range are
small enough that termites cannot maneuver between them but are also too large for termites to
manipulate or remove them.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control = selected sand particle size = sand particles of a certain size range are
_ enough that termites cannot maneuver between them but are also too large for termites to
manipulate or remove them.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control = selected sand particle size = sand particles of a certain size range are
small enough that termites cannot _ between them but are also too large for termites to
manipulate or remove them.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control = selected sand particle size = sand particles of a certain size range are
small enough that termites cannot maneuver between them but are also too _ for termites to
manipulate or remove them.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control = selected sand particle size = sand particles of a certain size range are
small enough that termites cannot maneuver between them but are also too large for termites to
_ or _ them.

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Subterranean termite control involves:
physical control = selected sand particle size = Use of this technique is primarily for
_ _

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_ termite control involves fumigation of the structure or
wooden object housing the infestation, or local treatment or
replacement of the infested wood.

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Drywood termite control involves _ of the structure or
wooden object housing the infestation, or local treatment or
replacement of the infested wood.

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Drywood termite control involves fumigation of the structure or
wooden object housing the infestation, or _ or_ of the infested wood.

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_ termite control involves elimination of moisture source and all wood-to-ground contact.
Infested wood should be replaced or treated, with injection offering the quickest control.

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Dampwood termite control involves _ source and all wood-to-ground contact.
Infested wood should be replaced or treated, with injection offering the quickest control.

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Dampwood termite control involves elimination of moisture source and all _ contact.
Infested wood should be replaced or treated, with injection offering the quickest control.

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Dampwood termite control involves elimination of moisture source and all wood-to-ground contact.
Infested wood should be _, with injection offering the quickest control.

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Dampwood termite control involves elimination of moisture source and all wood-to-ground contact.
Infested wood should be replaced or treated, with _ offering the quickest control.