What Havoc Can Termites Create? Here we are seeing the tunnels of the termites that lead directly to a book cabinet which they devoured to shreds. What appears to be just a few faint mud lines along the wall is, in reality, a highly organised highway system constructed by subterranean termites such as Reticulitermes lucifugus. These mud tubes protect them from light and dehydration while allowing them to travel safely from the soil to their food source. And once they arrive they do not stop. Ter