Termites are insects of the family Termitidae in the order of isoptera. Small in size, breeding ants have two pairs of wings longer than their body, providing sufficient protection; Having a pair of compound eyes and a single eye in front of the head; Worker ants and soldier ants generally only have one eye, and compound eyes have basically degenerated. Due to its grayish white body color, it is named termite.

Termites are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and have a wide range of distribution; Live more in warm, humid, and secluded places. Termites have both colony and nest dwelling characteristics. Termite food mainly consists of cellulose and hemicellulose from plants and wood, such as roots, stems, bark, wood, dried branches, fallen leaves, and processed wood products containing cellulose. Termites have strong reproductive ability, with each queen ant laying 400-500 eggs per day, up to a maximum of over 80000 eggs. The lifespan is 15-30 years, with a maximum of 50 years.

Termites have a sweet taste, a mild nature, and are non-toxic. Li Shizhen recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Termite mud is mainly used to treat sores, swelling, and toxins. It is fried black with Huangdan on pine wood, and then mixed with sesame oil to cure it. In terms of edible value, drinking wine soaked in termites has the effects of enhancing physical fitness, improving immunity, and significantly delaying aging and anti fatigue. Termites play a significant role in accelerating surface material cycling in ecosystems, but termites that nest in artificial embankments and buildings can cause harm to buildings due to their excavation activities, leading to the collapse of thousands of miles of gold embankments into ant nests. We should implement defense measures that prioritize prevention, combine prevention and control, and comprehensively handle the situation.

Termites play a significant role in accelerating surface material cycling in ecosystems, but termites that nest in artificial embankments and buildings can cause harm to buildings due to their excavation activities, leading to the collapse of thousands of miles of gold embankments into ant nests. We should implement defense measures that prioritize prevention, combine prevention and control, and comprehensively handle the situation.

Termites can eat various field crops, economic crops, trees, fruit trees, and seedlings. The black winged soil termites cause more severe damage to river embankments, and cause huge losses to houses, storage materials, buried plastic cables, etc. due to termite infestation.

The losses caused by termite infestations are astonishing, mainly manifested in the following aspects:

Harm to crops: Generally speaking, termites are not yet important pests for Chinese crops. However, the harm to the economic crop sugarcane is still quite serious. The main types of termites are: Taiwan termites, yellow winged termites, black winged soil termites, Hainan soil termites, and Taiwan milk termites.

Harm to trees: There are many types of termites that can harm trees, including new termites, sand accumulating termites, house termites, tree termites, scattered termites, wood nosed termites, soil termites and large termites, original termites, etc.