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What insect chews wood?

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A termite is an insect which eats wood and may infest homes. The insect in question numbers among the members of the Isopterainfraorder and seeks for food sources animal dung, leaf litter, and wood on the ground and elsewhere, inside and outdoors.

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The Asian Long Horned Beetle.

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