Worker and winged reproductive subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes. Urbana, Illinois, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Termites

These ubiquitous wood-feeding insects are social descendants of cockroaches. Colonies are composed of reproductive males and females, sterile soldiers, and immature stages that perform as workers. Below are images of termites from around the world.

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Reticulitermes subterranean termite, soldier.

Illinois, USA

Winged Reticulitermes subterranean termites prepare for a mating flight.

Davis, California, USA

The orange balls in the Reticulitermes nest are a fungus that assumes the size, texture, and chemical signature of termite eggs. Termites, being blind, can't tell the difference and care for the fungus as if they were their own eggs.

Bell Smith Springs, Illinois, USA

Worker and winged reproductive subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Worker and soldier Reticulitermes subterranean termites.

California, USA

Reticulitermes subterranean termites of different ages.

California, USA

Reticulitermes hesperus, the western subterranean termite.

California, USA

Soldier Reticulitermes termites.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Worker and winged reproductive subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Keywords: alates rhinotermitidae winged termites termite castes

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Termites

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