The termites are on the move and gaining on man. Last year the wood-eating insects destroyed $250 million worth of U.S. property, more than the national loss from arson, tornadoes and lightning—and more than twice the damage the bugs did only a decade ago. Furthermore, encouraged by milder winters, termites are pushing steadily north, reports Dr. Thomas Elliott Snyder, 76, research associate of the Smithsonian Institution.
A spotted-wing species (hageni), which does 95% of the damage, has eaten its way up from Washington, D.C., to Trenton. N.J. A tiny Southern species, virginicus, has been...
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