Termites prefer vibrating wood.

Termites prefer vibrating wood.

Drywood termites preferentially select bigger blocks of wood. How do they know the blocks are bigger? They listen to the vibrations set up by other termites’ munching.  Australian scientist Ra Inta tried exposing termites to two identical blocks of wood. One of the blocks was silent. The other block was attached to a speaker playing the sound of termites munching a big block of wood. The termites preferred the vibrating block.