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Zootermopsis angusticollis
This is the fence which separates the wild life reserve from our neighborhood. and looks like the fence has gone wild! If you look carefully you will see a slender vertical brownish nest in the corner. Out of this came literally millions of these winged insects ,one by one. It is amazing how such a small structure can hold so many . Or maybe they were newly emerging from eggs? My neighbor who was walking by said that they were " Flying Ants" or winged termites.
Thanks Livan. According to the Link these seem to be Pacific Damp wood Termites.
Yes, these are termites, I can't ID further than Epifamily: Termitoidae.
The "nest" or colony will extend far more into that wooden structure that the thin visible part (tip of the iceberg). See here for different termites in your are:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/601964/bgp...
Definitely too close for comfort. I recently heard that after a house is 4-5 years old, it needs to be inspected for termites. The dying wood calls out to these things with the smell we think of as being aromatic. Just takes a couple of these to move in and go to town on your house. A friend just had this done w/ her home - she said it was under $400/yr for a monthly treatment. She did it for 3 years until the traps showed no more visitors.
freelancing ,this was near the open space about 6 homes away. Hope full we are spared. But like you said ,we will call pest control and i will also warn the other neighbors.Thanks for your concern!!
Termites are highly destructive to homes. Millions of them eat away bit by bit - you need to call pest control so they can set termite traps around your home to monitor success of terminating them. Do not delay.
Spotted on Apr 15, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012
