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There are a few things that help keep termites alive and in your home - water, cellulose and shelter. Cellulose is what makes up dead wood. Termites "eat" cellulose in order to stay alive, absorbing its nutrients and moisture. When there is no cellulose, they look elsewhere for sources of nutrition. Termites can survive solely on water; however cellulose is the best source of nutrients for their diet.
Termites will eat any type of wood, as long as the wood is dead, and most houses have plenty of dead wood for termites to feast on. Stumps, mulch, and other wood debris are a perfect meal for a hungry termite. If termites get into the foundation of a home and into the wooden structure, they can cause severe damage.
By: MTS
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What type of bugs are attracted to wood?
Wood-boring insects, such as termites and carpenter ants, are attracted to wood because they feed on it and use it to build their nests.
What are the causes of trichonympha?
Trichonympha is a type of protist that lives in the gut of termites and helps them digest wood. It is not harmful to the termite and is actually a beneficial symbiotic relationship.
What is Trichonympha?
Trichonympha is a type of protozoan that lives in the guts of termites. It helps termites digest cellulose, a complex carbohydrate found in plant material, by breaking it down into simpler substances. This symbiotic relationship is essential for the termite to obtain nutrients from its diet.
What are the characteristics and behavior of larva termites?
Larva termites are young termites that have not yet developed into adults. They are small, soft-bodied, and pale in color. Larva termites are typically found in the nest and are responsible for feeding and caring for the colony. They have a voracious appetite and feed on wood and other cellulose materials. Larva termites are also known for their ability to molt and grow rapidly as they mature into adult termites.
In what way does a termite depend ont he wood of trees for its survival?
Termites depend on the wood of trees for their survival as it serves as their primary food source. They have specialized gut microbes that help them break down the tough cellulose in wood into nutrients they can digest. Without a constant supply of wood, termites would struggle to obtain the nutrients necessary for their survival.
Can termites eat through cement and concrete?
no termites cannot eat concrete because it is to hard to chew for them they prefer to eat wood because it is not hard likeconcrete
Do termites thrive in airy and poor sunlight and damp and cool surroundings?
Subterranean termites prefer that type of environment. Drywood termites prefer sun exposure and higher temperatures.
What is the kind of wood that termites will not eat?
Termites will eat any type of wood, as long as the wood is dead. You can get special termite treated wood that they will not eat, ask at your local timber supplier, most of them will probably have to order it in.
What type of habitat do termites live in?
they can live in the USA but they are common in Africa and Austrailia
Do termites eat Douglas fir?
Termites can eat through Douglas-fir but it is more resistant to termites when compared to hemlock or spruce. Any type of wood used should be treated to resist termites.
How do termites and woodlice help in decay of wood?
Termites chew up solid wood and organisms in their guts digest this releasing the nutrients in the wood to the termites.
How do termites get food?
Termites get food from hunting fir it. Termites like to eat wood. You can find termites in forests and even in a home that is made out of wood.
What is the relationship between termites and the cellulose?
Termites eat cellulose. Wood is made of cellulose so termites eat wood.
Do termites eat yakal wood?
termites eat plenty kinds of wood but definitely NOT a yakal wood, kamagong wood and molave wood.
Do termites eat plant?
Termites eat wood.
Do roaches eat termites?
roaches eat termites
What type of bugs are attracted to wood?
Wood-boring insects, such as termites and carpenter ants, are attracted to wood because they feed on it and use it to build their nests.
