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Educate to Eradicate
Benefits & Disadvantages of Termites
• Benefits
• Consumption of wooden houses = PESTS
• Food source for amphibians, reptiles, and birds
• DecomposersBreak down cellulose in wood Recycle nutrients into the environment
• Disadvantages
Termites in Hawaii
Scientific name Common nameNeotermes connexus Snyder Forest tree drywood termite
Incisitermes immigrans (Snyder) Lowland tree drywood termite
Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) West Indian drywood termite
Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki Formosan subterranean termite
Cryptotermes cynocephalus Indo-Malaysia drywood termite
Incisitermes minor Western drywood termite
Zootermopsis angusticollis Pacific dampwood termite
Coptotermes vastator Philippine milk termite
Termite Types in Hawaii
• Subterranean/Ground Termites Colony/Nest is found in the ground
• Drywood Termites
Colony/Nest is found in the wood that they eat
Termites in Hawaii
Subterranean Philippine Milk Termite
ECONOMIC TERMITE PESTS IN HAWAIIFORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE
Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki
•Major swarms occur during May and June
•Colony development is fast: 5 years to produce a mature colony
•Colony size is large: between 3-10 million termites
•Distinct worker caste
•Attack most wood types but prefer softwoods
WEST INDIAN DRYWOOD TERMITE
Cryptotermes brevis (Walker)
•Major swarms occur during June and July
•Colony development is very slow: about 12 termites during 1st yr.
•Colony size is very small: about 300 to a few thousand termites
•No true worker caste; all become soldiers or reproductives
•Attack most wood types but prefer hardwoods
Subterranean Termites versus Drywood TermitesWings from Alates
• Subterranean Termites Two veins along the top which run parallel to each other (simple)
Subterranean termite alate wing
Drywood termite alate wing
• Drywood Termites
More detailed pattern along
the top of vein (complex)
Subterranean Termites versus Drywood Termites Excretions/Waste Material
Subterranean Termites Leaves behind CARTON, resembling hard cardboard
Drywood TermitesLeaves behind FRASS resembling sand
Subterranean Termites versus Drywood Termites Feeding Pattern
Subterranean termites Eats in a distinct pattern “picky eaters”
Drywood termitesEats in NO distinct pattern “non-picky eaters”
Subterranean Termites versus Drywood Termites Home Life
Subterranean termites Create mud tunnels
Drywood termitesMake kickout holes
Is it a Termite or is it an Ant?• Antenna
Ant: Elbowed Termite: Not elbowed
• Body Shape Ant: Hour glass Termite: Uniformed
• Wings Stubs
•Ant: None •Termites: Has left over
Size/shape•Ant: Different•Termite: Same