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Philippine addresses always contain the name of the sender, the building number and thoroughfare, the barangay where the building is located, the city or municipality where the barangay is located and, in most cases, the province where the city or municipality is located.
Termite shields, an early physical barrier, are sheet metal fabrications used for decades in light frame construction. Termite shields are often applied underneath wood sill plates. They are designed to force termites to build their mud tubes outside of the structure, where they become visible to a trained pest management professional.
A photo of the IPPC seal on a wine shipping crate. International Standards For Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) is an International Phytosanitary Measure developed by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) that directly addresses the need to treat wood materials of a thickness greater than 6mm, used to ship products between countries.
It is valued in the Philippines for its dense durable wood and was once used extensively in furniture, boats, utensils, and as construction material. [9] The wood is also known to resist decay and termites. [10] It became a protected species in the Philippines and it is illegal to cut its tree under certain conditions. [11]
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The Indo-Malaysian drywood termite, (Cryptotermes cynocephalus), is a species of dry wood termite of the genus Cryptotermes. [1] It is found in Philippines, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and introduced to Sri Lanka. [2] It is the smallest termite species in Australia, with 2.5 – 3.7mm in soldiers.
A termite shield is a sheet metal fabrication used in light frame construction to reduce the movement of termites from the soil into wood framing members such as floor joists and studs. [1] Although there are several types of non chemical termite barriers now in use, termite shields are the original.
Cryptotermes brevis is a species of termite in the family Kalotermitidae, commonly known as the West Indian drywood termite or the powderpost termite. It is able to live completely inside timber structures or articles made of wood such as furniture without any outside source of water. It is frequently introduced into new locations inadvertently ...