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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1439876" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>We simply answered the questions that were asked.</p><p></p><p>I did not see anything mysterious or questionable about the OP's post. According to the study manual I have from my applicator's license, there are 3 different kinds of termites in North America. Dry wood termites, Damp wood termites, and subterranean termites. Subterranean termites cause most of the damage in the US (70%), followed by dry wood termites (30%), and wet wood termites cause the least damage (about 10%). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They'll eat anything with cellulose in it. When I was a teenager, we had an old very heavy player piano, that sat in a bedroom for years. We went to move it one day, and a leg and part of the side just broke off. Full of termites. </p><p></p><p>Dunno if OP's ruined clothes were cotton, but it's at least conceivable that with cotton's high cellulose content that termites got it, but there are all kinds of different bugs that will eat fabric. Even roaches. </p><p>If I remember correctly, termites are more closely related to roaches than they are ants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1439876, member: 18945"] We simply answered the questions that were asked. I did not see anything mysterious or questionable about the OP's post. According to the study manual I have from my applicator's license, there are 3 different kinds of termites in North America. Dry wood termites, Damp wood termites, and subterranean termites. Subterranean termites cause most of the damage in the US (70%), followed by dry wood termites (30%), and wet wood termites cause the least damage (about 10%). They'll eat anything with cellulose in it. When I was a teenager, we had an old very heavy player piano, that sat in a bedroom for years. We went to move it one day, and a leg and part of the side just broke off. Full of termites. Dunno if OP's ruined clothes were cotton, but it's at least conceivable that with cotton's high cellulose content that termites got it, but there are all kinds of different bugs that will eat fabric. Even roaches. If I remember correctly, termites are more closely related to roaches than they are ants. [/QUOTE]
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