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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae) » Reticulitermes » Eastern Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes flavipes)
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Eastern Subterranean Termite - Reticulitermes flavipes
Copyright © 2013 tom murray

Eastern Subterranean Termite - Reticulitermes flavipes
Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 27, 2013
Is this a male termite that just lost its wings?
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 May, 2013 - 10:45pm

This one looks rather plump t
This one looks rather plump to have just flown. If it was with the queen you posted, he could have been her mate. Termites, well these termites anyway, live in unisex colonies, both sexes in about equal numbers among the castes. The "royal pair" mates for life.
… James C. Trager, 30 May, 2013 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
It was with the queen
So this is probably her mate. Thanks James.
… tom murray, 30 May, 2013 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

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