Termite Identification

Like most insects, termites are also reproduced and bred through the laying and hatching of eggs.  The queen termite can be impregnated with eggs from several colony members to keep the society thriving.  Since termites aren’t exactly what we call monogamous, it is therefore easier for them to multiply.

A mature queen termite can lay several thousands of each every single day.  Some species of termites, the queen can even grow several ovaries allowing them to reproduce even more eggs!  Like any pregnant creature, queen termites also have enlarged abdomen.  While they are immobilized in their condition, the hundred of worker termites around it work to move and feed her.

Once they are hatch, the eggs will eventually turn into nymphs and further on, into different members of the termite colony.  Worker termites make up the largest part of the community.

Just like many other insects, the termite is reproduced through the laying and hatching of eggs.  Unlike the typical male/female dynamic that we, as humans, know, the queen of the termite colony can become impregnated with eggs from multiple colony members just so that the society is kept going.  In other words, termites aren’t monogamous.  These worker termites are wingless, are blind and are the ones mostly found in infested wood.  Although the soldier termites are blind and wingless as well, the group has the capability to defend the colony when under attack - by humans and termite deterrents.

Winged termites are the reproductives and supplementary reproductives of the colony.  During swarming season, these group swarm to a new location, shed their old wings and pair up with a new termite colony.  Supplementary reproductives stand the chance of being replacement when a termite king or queen dies.

Fortunately for termites and unfortunately for the homeowners,  termites can reproduce into hundreds and even a thousand in a matter of days.  Thus termite colonies and their respective damages are almost always difficult to battle with.

Looking for more information on termites and how they can be controlled?  Click here to check out Termite Identification, Treatment and Control.