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HOUSTON — Mosquitoes and fleas aren’t the only pests that love all this rain. Those dreaded Formosan termites have come to town and they’re ready to do some damage. “Formosan subterranean termites are ...

Figure this: Asian and Formosan subterranean termites cause about $32 billion in damage annually, worldwide, when you combine harm to structures and measures to control them. Entomologists estimate ...

Formosan Subterranean Termites, commonly referred to as “super termites” or my their scientific name Coptotermes formosanus Spring is in the air. So are termites. Warmer springtime weather creates ...

Termites? If you’ve ever had your house treated for them, you know it can be expensive. But the potential damage they can do should never be ignored. Now University of Florida entomologists are ...

At first the 15-foot by 4-foot plexiglass case looks like a massive piece of art — an abstract of a river delta or the veins of a leaf. But then you see tiny pale things scuttling, moving their way ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 85, No. 4 (Dec., 2002), pp. 580-587 (8 pages) A statewide survey in Louisiana on the current distribution of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus ...

When you think of termites, you probably don’t imagine them aboard yachts, cabin cruisers, sailboats or other watercraft floating across oceans. A new study by a University of Florida scientist ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 87, No. 2 (Jun., 2004), pp. 145-151 (7 pages) Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shriaki, is a serious pest of structures in portions of United States ...

Thomas Chouvenc, a researcher of the study, shows some of the typical damage done by Asian termites, the parent of the potentially more invasive hybrid species. Scientists in Florida have tracked the ...

LA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mike Edelen a WDO inspector at Thrasher Termite & Pest Control of So Cal, Inc. in San Diego, California, recently discovered a new colony of Formosan subterranean ...