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DRYWOOD TERMITE DRYWOOD TERMITE DRYWOOD TERMITE DRYWOOD TERMITE

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DRYWOOD DRYWOOD
TERMITE PELLETS FRASS TERMITE PELLETS FRASS

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1.Antenna- 10 to 11 segments 6.Thorax DRYWOOD TERMITE 1.Antenna- 10 to 11 segments 6.Thorax DRYWOOD TERMITE
2.Eyes 7.Petiole- none 2.Eyes 7.Petiole- none
3.Head 8.Abdomen 3.Head 8.Abdomen
4.Legs- 6 9.Color- orange brown 4.Legs- 6 9.Color- orange brown
5.Wings- 2 pair, longer than body 10.Other- no worker caste 3 5.Wings- 2 pair, longer than body 10.Other- no worker caste 3
Life Cycle Life Cycle
A mated pair of winged adults will form a new colony once they drop the wings and enter a A mated pair of winged adults will form a new colony once they drop the wings and enter a
structure through cracks or crevices, usually in September or October of each year. They structure through cracks or crevices, usually in September or October of each year. They
look for bare wood and then create a chamber, where they then mate and raise their brood. look for bare wood and then create a chamber, where they then mate and raise their brood.
Eggs hatch in about 2 ½ months. Nymphs can quickly take care of themselves, and will also 8 Eggs hatch in about 2 ½ months. Nymphs can quickly take care of themselves, and will also 8
tend to the queen and king. The nymphs will obtain food and tend the nest, while the soldiers, 5 tend to the queen and king. The nymphs will obtain food and tend the nest, while the soldiers, 5
which have larger heads, defend the nest from invaders. A queen can live for 15 years, dur- which have larger heads, defend the nest from invaders. A queen can live for 15 years, dur-
ing which the colony may grow to thousands of nymphs. Photo Courtesy of UNIVAR ing which the colony may grow to thousands of nymphs. Photo Courtesy of UNIVAR

DRYWOOD TERMITE DRYWOOD TERMITE
Actual size 1/2” Actual size 1/2”
The Drywood termite looks just like the Subterranean termite, except that it is larger (about The Drywood termite looks just like the Subterranean termite, except that it is larger (about
a half inch), and it is more of a reddish brown color. Colonies are small, and only a small a half inch), and it is more of a reddish brown color. Colonies are small, and only a small
volume of wood is thus infected, although several colonies may be in one structure. They volume of wood is thus infected, although several colonies may be in one structure. They
often infest attics, and will excavate large pockets in the wood they attack. They are usually often infest attics, and will excavate large pockets in the wood they attack. They are usually
noticed from the piles of fecal pellets that they eject from their kick-out holes. The pellets noticed from the piles of fecal pellets that they eject from their kick-out holes. The pellets
accumulate below these holes. Drywood termites require no soil contact, and they can even accumulate below these holes. Drywood termites require no soil contact, and they can even
infest dead limbs on trees. infest dead limbs on trees.

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