Carpenter Insects Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
	22%	11		Order of insects consisting of stick insects and leaf insects
	noun • stick insects
	20%	12		Insects that are often found in wooden structures
	noun • ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs

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New York Times17 Feb 1978	Down 6
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