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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae) » Coptotermes » Formosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus)
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Termite? - Coptotermes formosanus
Copyright © 2016 LaStrana

Termite? - Coptotermes formosanus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
June 3, 2016
I found this in my bathroom sink and am very creeped out. Based on some pictures from this site, I am afraid this is a subterranean termite. It is in a ziploc bag, intact... Even though I desperately wanted to squash it.
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Contributed by LaStrana on 3 June, 2016 - 11:33pm
Last updated 3 February, 2019 - 9:04pm

Moved
Moved from Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites.
… Zhao J, 3 February, 2019 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 18 July, 2016 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

it's termite
it looks like a reproductive that has already dropped its wings so it *could* have come in from outside
… Steve Scholnick, 4 June, 2016 - 12:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the confirmation a
Thanks for the confirmation and the tiny glimmer of hope! Professionals will be dispatched on Monday.
… LaStrana, 4 June, 2016 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

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