‘WHITE ANTS’’ AS PESTS IN THE UNITED STATES. il 
the stems and roots of vegetatioh with tubes of small diameter, 
constructed of earth and excrement. 
DAMAGE TO NURSERY STOCK, YOUNG PLANTATION STOCK, AND VINE- 
YARDS. 
There are numerous records of termite injury to young fruit 
and nut tree seedlings in nurseries, to other nursery stock, and to 
Fie. 11.—Damage by the white ant Leucotermes flavipes to bundles of old documents stored on tiers of 
wooden shelves standing on pine flooring in heated, damp, dark basement of an old building in Wash- 
ington, D.C. Note how an earthlike mixture of moist earth and finely digested, excreted wood is car- 
ried into the mines of theinsectsin the bundles. Ifthe connections of the termites with the ground or 
decayed wood, their source of moisture, be shut off, the insects perish. (Original.) 
young trees planted in recently cleared ground or soil rich in humus. 
The injury, however, has been only occasional and not extensive. 
The stock is usually attacked at a scar, where the roots have been 
injured or cut off, or at a graft, as cleft-graft apple stock. 
