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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Drywood and Dampwood Termites (Kalotermitidae) » Drywood Termites (Incisitermes) » Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor)
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Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor) reproductive stage - Incisitermes minor
Copyright © 2009 Emile

Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor) reproductive stage - Incisitermes minor
Venice, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 24, 2009
Size: ~ 8 mm
Flew onto my clothes.

Seems to be a Western Drywood Termite Incisitermes minor.

This is the most common termite, and among the most common insects, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
It's amazing that it is not yet on BugGuide.

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Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor) reproductive stage - Incisitermes minor Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor) reproductive stage - Incisitermes minor Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor) reproductive stage - Incisitermes minor
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Contributed by Emile on 27 October, 2009 - 10:01pm
Last updated 31 October, 2010 - 8:39pm

Moved
Moved from Isoptera (Termites).
… v belov, 31 October, 2010 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

Western Drywood Termite it is.
Done further research and am now pretty sure this is an alate Western Drywood Termite (Incisitermes minor).
… Emile, 31 October, 2010 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 21 November, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

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