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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Rottenwood Termites (Archotermopsidae) » Dampwood termites (Zootermopsis) » Arizona Dampwood Termite (Zootermopsis laticeps)
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Large termite, Queen? - Zootermopsis laticeps
Copyright © 2020 Mark S Romero

Large termite, Queen? - Zootermopsis laticeps
Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
June 26, 2020
Size: ~12 mm

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Contributed by Mark S. Romero on 1 July, 2020 - 12:20pm
Last updated 26 July, 2020 - 2:53pm

Queen?
Specimen is not in a good enough condition to determine the sex. Termites can both be male and female and both sexes are needed to found a colony as they require to mate before laying eggs.
… Zhao J, 26 July, 2020 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites.
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