Termite
A termite was an insect that ate wood. They could be quite destructive, especially to houses. Species of termites were found on several class M planets, including Earth and . 

Loracus Prime had five thousand subspecies of termites, including spitting termites. Loracus Prime's termites were notable for having inspired Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development. ()

In 2287, when James T. Kirk expressed his doubts about Spock being able to digest bourbon and beans, Leonard McCoy joked that with Spock's Vulcan  metabolism, he could eat a bowl of termites and it would not bother him. ()

In the Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holoprogram, Doctor Hippocrates Noah compared the Human race to termites: "There comes a time when a house has been so damaged by termites that you must not only kill the termites... but demolish the house... and build again." ()

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