Fort Myers Pest Control: Tip 2 “How Do I Know If I Have Flying Termites or Flying Ants?”
This is the 2nd of 7 Tips to Prevent Termites from Eating You Out of House & Home which can be downloaded for FREE from my library of eBooks.
Learning the difference between flying termites and flying ants during the Spring swarming season in Florida can be difficult. Often, winged ants can resemble the winged-swarming termite.
For example, BOTH termites and ants…
- Are small with 6 legs, a head, thorax, and abdomen
- Have species that can be tiny or big
- Have queens who lay eggs and kings who fertilize them
- Have a worker caste who do most of the running around and hauling
- Have soldiers who defend the nest
Now, when it comes to species, ants far outnumber termites in the variety. There are about 4,000 species of termites, but ants have close to 14,000!
Although they have many similarities, ants and termites do have some distinctive differences. If you know these differences, it is actually quite easy to decipher flying termites from flying ants and you won’t even need a microscope.
When the bug is standing relatively still, look for these characteristics.
