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Termites are the insect that home owners should most dread because undetected they have the potential to do thousands of dollars in structural damage to the home. There is only one species found in the North East part of the country, the eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes). The termite worker is very small and will look like a white ant (fig 3). The reproductive members of the colony are new kings and queens and are known as “swarmers” because in the spring they will all leave or swarm out of the nest all at the same time to start new colonies. The swarmers are very small, brown, and start out with four wings of the same size (fig 3). The wings are dropped later once a suitable nest site is found. This species of termite lives in the soil feeding off of dead tree roots year round, and in the warmer months consuming dead wood on the surface of the ground. Most of our homes are constructed of “dead wood”, and to a termite that means food, which is why they are so destructive. Termites nest in the soil and must return to the nest on a regular basis. They cannot walk around out in the open like an ant or other insects do because they aren’t able regulate the moisture in their bodies without suffering dehydration. Regular trips into the nest site under the soil prevent dehydration. The termites extract moisture from the soil and to facilitate the journey they make tubes out of soil about as wide as a pencil, that run up foundation walls to the wooden parts of your home Fig 1 & 2.