karl,
really, looking a bit closer into the problem, i discovered that moth is indeed considered the
main destroyer of cloths. the difficulty in assessing the termites in this respect is that
today's clothes and houses are different than the BH standard.
in general, termites eat cellulose: lumber, doors, furniture, cardboard, paper, wallpaper etc.
but as garments used to be made from cotton and linen mostly, i imagine that they would
destroy them too. to do this, they build thin tunnels along the house walls,
until they find cellulose.
http://laundry.about.com/od/laundrybasics/ss/Insects-That-Destroy-Clothes-Insect-Clothes-Pests_8.htm
what they excel at is the other property you mentioned: building houses.
nir cohen
ps is ($ used in other semitic languages?
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