Unlike their much-beleaguered cousins, the subterranean termites, desert termites do not feed on the wood utilized to build houses or other structures. In fact, ...

I know the panic of people, one thing you can tell is these termites are bigger, and they have brown wings," Gafford said of desert termites. "Your normal subterranean termites we have around here are ...

Southern California is also home to four species of termites besides the Western subterranean -- the desert subterranean, the arid-land subterranean, the Western drywood and the Pacific dampwood ...

So, unlike subterranean termites, desert termites don’t damage wood or homes – they primarily feed on foliage. Jones says they cause the most damage to lawns, targeting grass, weeds, and other ...

Termites are one of the most costly and destructive forces that can damage a home in Tucson. We’re blessed with remarkable weather and an absence of natural disasters other than the infrequency ...

They studied the movement patterns of the desert subterranean termite, which poses a threat to wood structures in the southwestern United States and causes an estimated $1.5 billion in losses each ...

They are likely desert-encrusting termites (Gnathamitermes perplexus) rather than the subterranean variety that infested your attic. Termites are categorized as decomposers and they help recycle ...

Formosan subterranean termites could swarm around Houston area during Mother’s Day weekend. ... He’s an Army veteran who served in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.