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what order do termites belong to - ANSWER ✔✔isoptera
what is the most destructive subterranean termite? - ANSWER
✔✔Formosan (Coptotermes Formosanus)
Types of dry-wood termites - ANSWER ✔✔incisitermes, cryptotermes
(kalotermitidae), zootermes (termopsidae)
which termite nests in soil - ANSWER ✔✔subterranean
, which termite nests above ground - ANSWER ✔✔drywood
what type of soil is best for subterranean termites? - ANSWER
✔✔sandy soil. clay is not moist enough typically
protozoa and bacteria help termites do what? - ANSWER ✔✔digest
cellulose in wood (otherwise they starve)
what are the castes of termites - ANSWER ✔✔workers, soldiers, and
reproductives
what do worker termites look like? - ANSWER ✔✔creamy white,
wingless, eyeless, soft bodied, with chewing mouthparts
what do soldier termites look like? - ANSWER ✔✔large dark reddish
brown heads, sword like mandibles. they are 1-3% of the population
describe primary reproductive termites - ANSWER ✔✔winged, kings
and queens, swarm seasonally to pair and create new colonies. queen
may lay >60k eggs
dark, flattened bodies and large eyes. two pairs of wings (= in length and
narrow). wings will break off after colonizing flight