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Eastern Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes flavipes)
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Molly Jacobson
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Reticulitermes flavipes
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
May 14, 2010
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Contributed by
Molly Jacobson
on 17 May, 2010 - 6:03pm
Last updated 9 January, 2011 - 12:29pm
Moved
Based on geographic location, this is the only species that you should be seeing outdoors. Moved from
Isoptera (Termites)
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John Carlson
, 23 May, 2010 - 5:06pm
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Moved
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Molly Jacobson
, 18 May, 2010 - 1:27pm
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Interesting
A recently-winged (alate) termite, maybe?
Just a guess on my part. Let's see what those more knowledgeable have to say.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 17 May, 2010 - 6:24pm
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I'm pretty sure that I don't qualify as "more knowledgeable"...
...than Ken! :-) But, I feel pretty confident that he is correct in his ID assessment on this one. Wingless termite would have been my instantaneous vote.
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Harsi S. Parker
, 17 May, 2010 - 8:07pm
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definitely looks like it
i've been seeing quite a few winged and wingless alates recently
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J. Anderson
, 17 May, 2010 - 6:25pm
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