Pest Organisms / Eastern Subterranean Termite
Overview
for Eastern Subterranean Termite
The eastern subterranean termite (*Reticulitermes flavipes*) is a social insect that nests in soil and eats wood, ranging across eastern North America from Ontario down to Key Largo, Florida. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN369
Colonies stay underground while the workers munch through our buildings' lumber — a bug small enough to overlook yet costly enough to make the wallet wince, with damage in the billions each year. Source: https://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/urban-pests/termites/native/