Formosan and native subterranean termites
Subterranean Termite Control in Beaumont
Jefferson is one county where A&M's urban entomologists have documented Formosan subterranean termites. The species turned up in Texas in 1956 and is most often carried to new sites inside reused railroad ties and landscape timbers. A mature Formosan colony may top a million insects, and the winged adults leave the nest on warm nights from the end of May into June, drawn to lights. Native colonies live in the ground and run mud shelter tubes up to the wood they eat.









