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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae) » Reticulitermes
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Termite (Reticulitermes?) - Reticulitermes
Copyright © 2009 Jack Owicki

Termite (Reticulitermes?) - Reticulitermes
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
September 14, 2009
Size: Body length 5 to 6 mm
Dealate reproductive. I captured several individuals from a swarm around a wooden deck. Maybe the western subterranean termite, Reticulitermes hesperus? The following photos are not necessarily from the same individual, but all from the same swarm.

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Contributed by Jack Owicki on 14 September, 2009 - 4:54pm
Last updated 3 February, 2019 - 9:38pm

Moved
Moved from Subterranean Termites.
… Zhao J, 3 February, 2019 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Termites.
… John Carlson, 9 October, 2009 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 25 September, 2009 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Probably
Your identification is probably correct, at least to genus, but I might be tempted to take specimens to the entomology department at UC Davis, or somebody at UC Berkeley for confirmation. I seriously doubt it is something exotic, but it pays to play it safe....
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 September, 2009 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

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