Termites do live in dead wood, but not sure about weather they will eat roses.

Termites normally live in the ground and tunnel into the wood to eat.

Also sunlight will kill termites.

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how do I get rid of them ? so they wont infect my other roses. should I pull that one up I dont want to have to do that. but if thats what it takes.

Thanks

well i would ask where this termite guy got his education. termite nymphs (babies) and workers can not withstand much exposure to the sun, but the reproductives and some soldiers have pigments that allow them to freely roam around exposed to the sun. No termite, whether worker or reproductive would remain exposed in the sun for any long period of time, especially in warmer weather that might raise their body temperature to above 105 degrees F. Once they get above this, they get into to heat death problems. Likewise, being exposed makes them easy targets for predators.

So don't give yourself a false sense of security

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