Will bugs eat away foam under a pool worse than sand?

We're getting our first ever pool. It's a metal sided 21ft

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I have no clue what to do, but my FIL said foamboard would be bad because bugs will burrow and destroy it? But wouldn't they do that with sand too?

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Sand seems cheaper than the foam board. Im just really torn on what to do

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Thank you so much in advance!