When you think of termites, you probably don’t imagine them aboard yachts, cabin cruisers, sailboats or other watercraft floating across oceans.
A new study by a University of Florida scientist reveals that termites are not simply spreading through natural processes of building new colonies, suggesting humans may be helping them “conquer the world” by unknowingly transporting them aboard private boats.
The research, led by Thomas Chouvenc, associate professor of urban entomology at the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (FLREC), sheds light on the role boats play in the worldwide spread of destructive, invasive termite species like the Formosan subterranean termite, Asian subterranean termite and West Indian drywood termite.
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