"Termite" is a collection of build utilities which can be used together with other build tools like Ant . In contradiction to Ant frameworks like CruiseControl or AntHill no servlet engine is needed to start or automate
Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.
A member of the order Isopetra. Syn. White ant. There are three ecological classes of termites :- Damp wood. A termite which enters wood directly from the air at the time of swarming and has no contact with the ground, but which requires abundant moisture for its existence and consequently confines its activities largely to decaying wood. Dry Wood. A termite which is exclusively wood inhabiting, never entering the ground and requiring but little moisture for its existence. Subterranean. A termite which is essentially soil-inhabiting, entering wood only from the ground, and requiring a constant supply of moisture for its existence. It readily invades wood in contact with damp soil and is also able to build covered runways over impenetrable obstructions and thus reach wood removed from ground contact. ( BCFT modif.).
The most familiar of insects dangerous to antique furniture and paper items. While they are often compared to ants they only very distantly related. They are rarely seen which makes infestation difficult to detect until damage is quite advanced.
whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood
a name given to numerous species of social insects that can damage wooden structures
an insect with six legs and a three segmented body, consisting of a head, thorax, and abdomen
A wood destroying social insect; Subterranean Termites live in the earth, and will build mud tunnels from the earth up to the wood structure; Kalotermes, also called Drywood Termites, swarm and will enter the structure where they will bore into the wood and hollow out the structural members.
Termites, sometimes known as white ants, are a group of eusocial insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order, Isoptera. Termites usually prefer to feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter or soil, and about 10% of the 4,000 odd species (about 2,600 taxonomically known) are economically important as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings, crops or plantation forests. Termites are significant detrivores, particularly in the subtropical and tropical regions, and their recycling of wood and other plant matter is of considerable ecological importance.
