Content updated: April 13, 2026

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Andrew Shayde: I got to take an adventure one time to South America, where I built a shelter. I lived in the wild on Naked & Afraid. And the craziest thing happened, that in the middle of the night, leafcutter ants came all around me and started eating my shelter, which is exactly what termites do to our houses.

They show up, and they eat your house. You know what? I don't go to my cousin's house and eat his house. I think it's rude. The termites got to go.

When survivalist Andrew Shayde, of Naked & Afraid fame, was in South America, a nighttime encounter with leafcutter ants saw his shelter walking away.* Leafcutter ants aren’t common in North America, but termites can eat away at your home.

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*This is not an endorsement. Terminix is not affiliated with Naked & Afraid.