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Field Notes

Description:

Only a few with wings. The others have the same body without wings.

Notes:

Are these termites???

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
LivanEscudero
Probably Eastern Subterranean Termites. See here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/71259
shebebusynow
Most likely they are termites; part of the colony grows wings & fly & find mates & start new colonies, losing their wings very quickly & easily. There are more than one kind of termites: one kind on the west coast looks like this: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7401088
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PublishedMay 27, 2013

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