Introduction The common name comes from their yellow color and the retreat they build which is a flattened silk tube or sac where they spend most daylight hours; they do not build webs. These spiders are more than nuisance pests. The 2 species found in the continental...
Drywood Termites
Introduction The common name refers to this termite’s southeastern United States distribution, and to the fact that it lives in wood which has a very low moisture content (12% or less). This is the most widely distributed drywood termite in the eastern United States,...
Formosan Termites
Introduction The Formosan termite was described from Taiwan (Formosa) in the early 1900s, but is native to southern China. Formosan termites have long been a pest in Hawaii, first collected in 1896 but not correctly identified until 1905. They were first discovered in...