PHILADELPHIA – According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists in Philadelphia found 20 lives termite specimens, which are suspected to belong to the infraorder Isoptera, on Feb. 10 inside wood packaging material being used to secure of a shipment of pineapples from the Dominican Republic.
The CBP says a local USDA entomologist identified the specimens as Cryptotermes, which are described as a species from the drywood termite family that occurs in the West Indies.
The entomologist also reported the interception as a first-in-port discovery. That claim was confirmed by the national pest interception database.
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Souce: NBCPhiladelphia
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