Need contact with soil to survive, underground, in wet areas above the ground, build tunnels /shelter tubes to reach food. Swarm during the spring season and form a new colony

Causes 70-75% loss, destroys building foundation and flooring wooden beams/frames, plastic plumbing pipes, insulation, swimming pool liners, filtration system, and can destroy living trees/shrubs

Live in damp dying trees or homes with leaking plumbing and rotten wooden frames/beams.

Attack the wood which is buried in soil/contact with soil, causing less damage to buildings. Major threat plantations/crops for horticulture/agriculture plantations/crops