Heterotermes is a genus of subterranean termites belonging to the family Heterotermitidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. One of their closest relatives is the Reticulitermes genus.
Heterotermes is a genus of subterranean termites belonging to the family Heterotermitidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. One of their closest relatives is the Reticulitermes genus.
==General overview== Heterotermes are considered pests because they form large colonies and can cause severe property damage. They feed themselves by gathering cellulose from natural sources including dead tree logs, stumps, and branches as well as from man-made wooden structures such as buildings, books and paper.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).