Pesticides that are targeted towards the control of termites are usually called termiticides. Today, there are two main categories of termiticide applied to soil or wood: repellent and non-repellent. The main difference in how these two types of termiticides work is defined by how the termites react when they encounter the area of treatment. Repellent [...]
The drywood termite genus Cryptotermes from the Kalotermitidae family is distributed worldwide, originally from tropical-subtropical regions, but many species are now known to migrate far out of their native home range, via infested furniture and other wood pieces. For example, Cryptotermes cynocephalus native home range is in South East Asia, but has now been confirmed [...]
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