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Termites associated with structures in Florida
Introduction
Property owners: compare ant characters (Florida carpenter ant workers and queen) with those of termites below. Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not cause damage to solid sound wood. The ants typically live in wall voids.
Regardless of size, wing, or body color, all termite swarmers (below)
have a pair of front and hind wings that are about equal in shape and size:
Drywood termites
Subterranean termites
Drywood worker heads (blue) about as wide as pronotum (red).
Subterranean worker heads (blue) much wider than pronotum (red).
Drywood gallery surfaces clean
Drywood workers crawl slowly
Sub gallery surfaces with fecal spotting
Drywoods shun moisture
Subs require moisture
Introduction
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