Pest Factsheet of Timber in Service: Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)
Published: Tue, 26 Mar 2013, 14:40Last updated: Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:49
Live in colonies, soldiers 12-15mm long, pale yellow, exude drops of milky fluid from the head when disturbed. Yellowish-brown winged forms produced early spring to midsummer, swarm in large numbers at dusk.
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