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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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Queen termite - Reticulitermes flavipes - female
Copyright © 2013 tom murray

Queen termite - Reticulitermes flavipes - Female
Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 27, 2013

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Queen termite - Reticulitermes flavipes - female Queen termite - Reticulitermes flavipes - female
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 May, 2013 - 10:43pm

Wow, very cool!
Where the heck did you find it? I've always wanted to see a termite queen, I'm so curious to see what they look like "in person".
… Sean McVey, 1 August, 2013 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
My first queen termite
She was under a big rock, in one of the exposed tunnels. It looked like she was trying to move underground, but at that size, she was pretty slow.
… tom murray, 1 August, 2013 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

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