In the U.S. these insects are divided into 3 main groups: damp-wood, dry-wood & subterranean
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Termites, ants and other wood-destroying organisms | Old House Web  Wood-inhabiting insects can be divided into those that use wood as a food materia ... The following is adescription of the major wood-inhabiting fungi and insects in the United States. ... These are sometimes called water-conducting or dry-rot fungi. ... Subterranean termites normally damage the interior of wood structures.
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Drywood Termites and Other Wood Destroying Insects  Unlike the Subterranean termite, dry wood termites do not require any contact with the ... Their are no workers in the dry wood termite group - instead the young ... These pellets shift from small holes in the surface of infested wood or are ... Pacific damp wood termites (at times called a "rotten wood termite") is a major pest at...
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Management of Wood-destroying Pests - Integrated Pest Management  We acknowledge the main sources of text and illustra- ... Service manual, Control of Termites and Other Wood Pests, ... A Guide to the Inspection of Existing. Homes for Wood-inhabiting Fungi and Insects. U.S. ...... class is divided into groups according to the way insects ... gories: drywood, dampwood, and subterranean.
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Drywood Termites: Control & Identification - Orkin  There are three distinct groups into which termites are divided: subterranean, drywood, and dampwood. Since the worker termites in these groups more or less...
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Termite - Wikipedia  Termites are eusocial insects that are classified at the taxonomic rank of infraorder Isoptera, .... The infraorder Isoptera is divided into the following clade and family groups, ... are three ecological groups of termites: dampwood, drywood and subterranean. Dampwood termites are found only in coniferous forests, and drywood...
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Termite - Wikipedia  Termites are eusocial insects that are classified at the taxonomic rank of infraorder Isoptera, ... Although these insects are often called white ants, they are not ants. ... in 1934, that these insects are most closely related to wood-eating cockroaches .... Among certain termites, soldiers may use their globular (phragmotic) heads...
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List of U.S. state insects - Wikipedia  State insects are designated by 45 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have ... More than half of the insects chosen are not native to North America, because of the inclusion of three European species (European .... (state insect), Stagmomantis carolina, Mantis2 6065.jpg .... Official West Virginia Web Portal.
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Unit 3 of Entomology [1] Unit 3: Insect Orders. [2] Now that you've ...  broken down into 26 insect orders, and these orders are then separated into families. ..... pray and hold it while they chew it up with their chewing mouth parts. ... and lightning-fast, they'll take those front raptorial legs and grab their prey ... Orthoptera means straight wing, so you can see the wings are folded very neatly.
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Insect Growth and Development - Washington State University  In contrast, mites have no antennae, and adult forms usually have four pairs of legs. The head and thorax are ... There are two general types: chewing and sucking. Insects with ... Growth progresses through successive stages. Females lay eggs ... Most insects start as eggs, which vary in size, shape and color. They can be...
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Corky's Blog | We Control Pests - Corky's Pest Control  Species to watch for: cluster flies, fruit flies, house flies. Stinging Insects. As fall approaches, stinging insects such as yellow jackets and other wasps can be quite active. .... Mantids, termites and roaches are related because they're all in the same ..... American cockroaches, with their body length wings, do have flying...
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Insect Parts - Elementary Science Lessons & Tests - My ...  They are alike in three ways. six legs. three main body sections (head, thorax, and abdomen) hard skeleton.
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Beetle - Wikipedia  Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera. The word "coleoptera" is from the ... These elytra distinguish beetles from most other insect species, except for a few ... Middle English word betylle from Old English bitula (also meaning to bite). ..... In some species, the pupa may go through all four forms during its...
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Parts of an Insect (Grasshopper)  Head: The anterior part of an insect body with eyes, antennae, and ... There are three sections of the thorax: the prothorax, the mesothorax, and the metathorax. Abdomen: The posterior section of the body containing the reproductive and...
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Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes - Point Reyes National ...  This Phylum is split into different Classes and spiders, insects, centipedes and millipedes all ... Spiders are difficult to identify, and not very well documented, but don't let that ... All insects go through life stages where they are one form and then ... Scarab Beetle, and Globose Dune Beetle are all species of special concern.
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Termite - Science Daily  Termites feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter or ... Once termites have entered a building they do not limit themselves just to wood, ... of eusocial insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order, Isoptera. .... ago, triggering a massive interchange of species between the Americas in its...
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Holes in trees  wood borer or woodpecker? - The Homeowners ...  Some feed deeply within the tree while others such as Emerald ash borer feed ... either horizontal or vertical, than the damage is probably from Yellow-bellied...
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Wood & Termite Damage | HowStuffWorks  The termite's closest relative is another common household pest: the cockroach. They live in colonies, like bees and ants, with an equal number of males and...
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Bee genera -- identification guide -- Discover Life  A 'COMPARE IMAGES' link appears on left when under 100 kinds match. .... extending southward well into Central America - Size variable, ranging from ... area of rim usually distinctly hairy - The single species of this genus is entirely black (1) ..... Eastern United States and Canada ONLY - Click here for the genera found...
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Beetle - Wikipedia  Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera. The word "coleoptera" is from the ... These elytra distinguish beetles from most other insect species, except for a few ... (Meloidae), stag beetles (Lucanidae) and true weevils (Curculionidae). ... The first scarab beetles appeared around this time, but they were not...
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Ultimate Guide to Termite Treatment Cost and Inspection Cost  2.4.1 How to get rid of drywood termites; 2.4.2 Subterranean termites ... Pestering property owners in every U.S. state except Alaska, this main type is said to be the ... Belonging to the Kalotermitidae family, this type of termites are often found in...
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coleopteran - Form and function | insect | Britannica.com  Jan 5, 2016 ... As in all adult insects, the segmented body consists of three primary ... Another larval type includes many of the scavengerse.g., silphids, ... These larvae have short legs and mandibles. .... Family Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles): About 700 species; surface ..... 6 Domestic Animals and Their Wild Ancestors.