Termite Photos

Subterranean Termite Worker Closeup

It’s Termite Swarm Season! Eastern Subterranean Termite

Termite

Subterranean Termite (Rhinotermitidae)

Soldier and Worker Termites

A Formosan subterranean termite nest with workers and soldiers (Coptotermes formosanus SHIRAKI, Isoptera)

Termite Workers

Termite Swarm photo courtesy of: B.R.HILLS, 24th April 2007 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ganeshbrhills/474025582

Termite Swarm

Formosan termite alates, also known as swarmers, captured on a sticky trap used to monitor populations

Winged Ant vs. Winged Termite

Termite vs. Ant Illustration

Termite Damage

Formosan subterranean termites can turn solid beams into shredded-wheat-like wood. Entomoligist Ed Freytag (left) and microbiologist Alan Lax inspect damage to the floor of a building

Damage caused by Formosan subterranean termites to a window sill of the Southern Regional Research Center Library. The colony nest was located two floors below in the soil, but workers entered the building through mud shelter tubes that they constructed through the hollow brick walls. The damage went unnoticed until moisture from foraging galleries by the termites caused the paint to blister. Much of the wood had been consumed by the termites before they were detected.

This house was less than five years old. Photo originally came from the Wood Products Insect Lab in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Termite Damage

House Stumps Eaten by Termites

Termite Damage to a House

Termite Damage

Shelter tubes Photo originally from the Wood Products Insect Lab in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Termite Trail

Termite Nest in a Pole

Termite Swarm photo courtesy of: B.R.HILLS, 24th April 2007 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ganeshbrhills/474025582

Termite Swarm