Are termites & woodworm the same thing?

Question

Are termites & woodworm the same thing?

Answer 1

Termite = Any of numerous pale-colored, usually soft-bodied social insects of the order Isoptera that live mostly in warm regions and many species of which feed on wood, often destroying trees and wooden structures. Also called white ant.





Woodworm = A worm or an insect larva that bores into wood.

Answer 2

Termites usually only eat dead wood too. Most of the woodworm are larva that eat living wood, stunting and destroying tree growth. The larva of these tree borers usually turn into small beetles.

Answer 3

Nope. See the link.



http://www.bugspray.com/articles98/powderpostbeetles.html



Termites need water in order to consume wood.

Answer 4

no