Host Species: Eucalyptus deglupta, Acacia mangium and other hosts of any age

Effects on Host: the termites eat the wood of dead and living trees causing host’s death. After an attack it takes little time for the tree to die, sometimes only a few months. An attack is more obvious than in other termite species

Type of Nest: arboreal nest

Economic Significance: severe pest

Signs of Infestation:

• mud-covers up to a few metres
• typically with dark shelter tubes running up the stem of the infested tree
• riddled wood of low quality with many holes, sometimes with central ‘pipe’
• the outer surface of the nest is more or less regular and smooth

head of a Nasutitermes novarumhebridarium
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(reproduced from CSIRO, 1991²)