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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.
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Do termites eat redwood?
They do eat it out of desperation, but they do not like the taste so it is not preferable if there is other wood nearby
What is Trichonympha?
A plant. It is nt a plant, it is actually a kinda present in some termites which help them to digest the food the eat.it is a bacteria in the stomach of termites that help them digest the wood. -----prince
Do bacteria eat?
AnswerWhy, bacteria eat almost anything they can get! Of course, they can't chew through cement. They can eat anything edible to animals and humans, probably more! Take wood for example, termites eat wood, bacteria eat wood too. In fact, termites wouldn't even be able to eat wood if it wasn't for the bacteria in their stomachs! Bacteria are decomposers. Decomposers eat anything dead and once they are finished they put nutrients from the dead object or plant back into the ground to grow new plants.
What does the name mahogany mean?
it is a type of wood or wood colour
Which parasite is transmitted by burrowing through the foot?
The rifum-maxis-taridim is similar to a wood termite. Unlike wood termites, these parasites cannot use wood for sustenance. Instead the rifum-maxis-taridim also known as the foot tick, burrows through the skin to get to the bone marrow which it desperately needs to survie
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
Do termites eat snakes?
no, termites eat wood, but snakes might eat termites
