after which the termite white ant will burrow and become the newly appointed termite royalty: king or queen. After these swarms, you will likely see hundreds, if not thousands of discarded wings ...

The queen termite can live for decades, with the rest of her colony surviving for years. Flying ant queens, on the other hand, only live for a few years, and their workers a few days to several ...

Ants look much like termites, and the two are often confused. Ants can be identified by their elbowed antennae, and narrow "waist" between the abdomen and thorax. Some ants have wings, which are ...

A whack from a termite soldier's mandible is enough to injure or kill an enemy, such as a predatory ant or a soldier from a competing termite species. The scientists think the Panamanian termite's ...