More than 2 million homes require termite treatment each year. Homeowners insurance can help recover losses from fires, storms and earthquakes, but it is almost impossible to carry insurance against termite infestation. Finding out that your home has termites instills a sense of fear among most homeowners. You typically can't see them, you can't hear them and frequently only a trained inspector can find signs of infestation. Treatment by the homeowner for the control of termites is virtually impossible.
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Termites can be found in almost every state as well as Mexico and part of Canada. They feed on wood and may also destroy paper products such as books, cardboard boxes, furniture, and various other items. There are more than 2,000 species of termites. Only about 70 species are frequent enough invaders of humans' wooden structures to be called pests. The following description of biology refers to these two closely-related species.