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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
the most _ termite in North America
common and widely distributed
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Swarmer size = INCH long including wings.
3/8 inch
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Swarmer size = 3/8 inch long including _
wings
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Body color = _ brown to almost black
dark
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Body color = dark _ to almost black
brown
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Body color = dark brown to almost _
black
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
_ (frontal gland pore) present, may be inconspicuous
Fontanelle
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Fontanelle (frontal gland pore) _, may be inconspicuous
present
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Fontanelle (frontal gland pore) present, may be _
inconspicous
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Soldier = _ rectangular in shape, not narrowed toward front, length about 1.5 times width
Head
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Soldier = Head _ in shape, not narrowed toward front, length about 1.5 times width
rectangular
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Soldier = Head rectangular in shape, not narrowed toward _, length about 1.5 times width
front
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Soldier = Head rectangular in shape, not narrowed toward front, length about NUMBER times width
1.5
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
_ (frontal gland pore) dorsal and indistinct
Fontanelle
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Fontanelle (frontal gland pore) dorsal and _
indistinct
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
_ lack teeth and with tips
Mandibles
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Mandibles lack _ and with tips
teeth
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Mandibles lack teeth and with _
tips
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
_ flat, almost as wide as head, with width usually greater than 0.90 mm.
Pronotum
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Pronotum _, almost as wide as head, with width usually greater than 0.90 mm.
flat
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Pronotum flat, almost as _ as head, with width usually greater than 0.90 mm.
wide
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Pronotum flat, almost as wide as _, with width usually greater than 0.90 mm.
head
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Pronotum flat, almost as wide as head, with width usually _ than 0.90 mm.
greater
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Subterranean termites eat mostly the _ wood and leave the harder summer wood which they cannot effectively digest
spring
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Subterranean termites eat mostly the spring wood and leave the _ summer wood which they cannot effectively digest
harder
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Subterranean termites eat mostly the spring wood and leave the harder summer wood which they cannot effectively _
digest
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
damaged _ appears to be layered
wood
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
damaged wood appears to be _
layered
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
_ is typically found in the galleries.
soil
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
soil is typically found in the _
galleries
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
there may be _ colonies associated with a single building.
several
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
have 3 castes: _, soldier, and reproductive (primary and secondary)
worker
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
have 3 castes: worker, _, and reproductive (primary and secondary)
soldier
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- have 3 castes: worker, soldier, and _ (primary and secondary)
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
have 3 castes: worker, soldier, and reproductive (_ and _)
primary and secondary
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony founding via alates or swarmers proceeds with the
swarmers associating in pairs, breaking off their wings, and
burrowing into the soil
Colony
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony founding via alates or swarmers proceeds with the
swarmers associating in pairs, breaking off their wings, and
burrowing into the soil
alates
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony founding via alates or swarmers proceeds with the
swarmers associating in pairs, breaking off their wings, and
burrowing into the soil
swarmers
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony founding via alates or swarmers proceeds with the
swarmers associating in pairs, breaking off their wings, and
burrowing into the soil
swarmers
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony founding via alates or swarmers proceeds with the
swarmers associating in pairs, breaking off their wings, and
burrowing into the soil
pairs
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony founding via alates or swarmers proceeds with the
swarmers associating in pairs, breaking off their wings, and
burrowing into the soil
wings
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony founding via alates or swarmers proceeds with the
swarmers associating in pairs, breaking off their wings, and
burrowing into the soil
burrowing
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
_ occurs during the daytime, typically during the
morning of the day following a warm rain
Swarming
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Swarming occurs during the _, typically during the
morning of the day following a warm rain
daytime
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Swarming occurs during the daytime, typically during the
_ of the day following a warm rain
morning
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Swarming occurs during the daytime, typically during the
morning of the day following a _ _
warm rain
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony distribution is _ because the termites are
usually spread in infested wood and wood products such as lumber and firewood
patchy
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony distribution is patchy because the termites are
usually _ in infested wood and wood products such as lumber and firewood
spread
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Colony distribution is patchy because the termites are
usually spread in infested wood and wood products such as _ and _
lumber and firewood
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
They actively feed in _ _ and free-standing poles, in addition to structures.
Such colony distribution, size, and foraging patterns are
similar to those of Formosan subterranean termites.
living trees
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
They actively feed in living trees and _ _ _, in addition to structures.
Such colony distribution, size, and foraging patterns are
similar to those of Formosan subterranean termites.
free-standing poles
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
They actively feed in living trees and free-standing poles, in addition to _.
Such colony distribution, size, and foraging patterns are
similar to those of Formosan subterranean termites.
structures
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
They actively feed in living trees and free-standing poles, in addition to structures.
Such colony _, size, and foraging patterns are
similar to those of Formosan subterranean termites.
distribution
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
They actively feed in living trees and free-standing poles, in addition to structures.
Such colony distribution, _, and foraging patterns are
similar to those of Formosan subterranean termites.
size
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
They actively feed in living trees and free-standing poles, in addition to structures.
Such colony distribution, size, and _ _ are
similar to those of Formosan subterranean termites.
foraging patterns
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
They actively feed in living trees and free-standing poles, in addition to structures.
Such colony distribution, size, and foraging patterns are
similar to those of _ _termites.
Formosan subterranean
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
usually located in the _
ground
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Location is usually below the frost line, but above the _ _ and rock formations
water table
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Location is usually below the frost line, but above the water table and _ _
rock formations
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Location is usually below the _ _, but above the water table and rock formations
frost line
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
_ _ are built to cross areas of adverse conditions between the colony and food sources
Mud tubes
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Mud tubes are built to _ _ of adverse conditions between the colony and food sources
cross areas
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Mud tubes are built to cross areas of _ _ between the colony and food sources
adverse conditions
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Mud tubes are built to cross areas of adverse conditions between the _ and food sources
colony
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Mud tubes are built to cross areas of adverse conditions between the colony and _ _
food sources
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
if a constant source of _ is available (like leaky pipes),
colonies (called secondary colonies) can exist above
ground and without ground contact
moisture
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
if a constant source of moisture is available (_ _),
colonies (called secondary colonies) can exist above
ground and without ground contact
leaky pipes
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
if a constant source of moisture is available (like leaky pipes),
_ _ can exist above
ground and without ground contact
secondary colonies
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
if a constant source of moisture is available (like leaky pipes),
colonies (called secondary colonies) can exist _ _ and without ground contact
above ground
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
if a constant source of moisture is available (like leaky pipes),
colonies (called secondary colonies) can exist above
ground and _ _ _
without ground contact
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
true _ colonies (no ground contact ever existed) are known to exist.
aerial
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
true aerial colonies (_ _ _ ever existed) are known to exist.
no ground contact
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves placing a _ _ zone (second-generation non-repellent pesticides work best)
chemical treatment
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves placing a chemical treatment zone (_ _ _ _ pesticides work best)
second-generation non-repellent
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves an _ _ _ monitoring-baiting system between the termite colony and the wood of the structure
in-ground perimeter
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves an in-ground perimeter monitoring-baiting system between the termite _ and the wood of the structure
termite colony
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves an in-ground perimeter monitoring-baiting system between the termite colony and the _ of the structure
wood
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... all _ _ _ and rigid foam board/foam-to-ground contact should be eliminated (the building owner's responsibility),
wood-to-soil
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... all wood-to-soil and _ _ _/foam-to-ground contact should be eliminated (the building owner's responsibility),
rigid foam board
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... all wood-to-soil and rigid foam board/_ _ _ contact should be eliminated (the building owner's responsibility),
foam-to-ground
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... all wood-to-soil and rigid foam board/foam-to-ground contact should be _ (the building owner's responsibility),
eliminated
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... any _ _ must be removed, and the
wood moisture content should be reduced to below 20%.
wood debris
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... any wood debris must be removed, and the
wood _ _ should be reduced to below 20%.
moisture content
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... any wood debris must be removed, and the
wood moisture content should be reduced to below NUMBER%.
20%
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... _ and _ colonies are controlled by
correcting the moisture problem to dry out the moisture-source area
secondary and aerial
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... Secondary and aerial colonies are controlled by correcting the
Moisture problem to dry out the moisture-source area
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves... Secondary and aerial colonies are controlled by
correcting the moisture problem to dry out the moisture-_ _
source area
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves.... When it is desirable to rapidly reduce the _ infestation,
this can be done by intergallery injection or surface treatment
secondary
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves.... When it is desirable to rapidly reduce the secondary infestation,
this can be done by _ _ or surface treatment
intergallery injection
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves.... When it is desirable to rapidly reduce the secondary infestation,
this can be done by intergallery injection or _ _
surface treatment
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves.... _ _ termite baiting systems that are placed directly on the termite infested wood.
above-ground
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves.... above-ground termite _ _ that are placed directly on the termite infested wood.
baiting systems
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves.... above-ground termite baiting systems that are placed _ _ the termite infested wood.
directly on
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EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Control involves.... above-ground termite baiting systems that are placed directly on the _ _ _
termite infested wood
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