Termite Appetite
Annual wood consumption for one termite colony:
Drywoods, one-tenth of a pound a year.
Subterraneans, 7 pounds a year.
Formosans, 1,000 pounds a pear.
Source: UC Berkeley professor Vernard Lewis.
Annual wood consumption for one termite colony:
Drywoods, one-tenth of a pound a year.
Subterraneans, 7 pounds a year.
Formosans, 1,000 pounds a pear.
Source: UC Berkeley professor Vernard Lewis.