Termite Looks Like

These pests are so destructive that I figure the best way to get the needed information to everyone is just put a group of images that experts have taken and I have borrowed to show folks that visit this site. A picture says a thousand words.

Eastern subterranean termite. USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org	Formosan subterranean termites, Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org.	graphic ant and termite. Here compare the difference between the two. USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Heads of termite soldiers; Formosan-left, eastern subterranean-right, USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.	west indian powderpost drywood termite, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, University of Florida, Bugwood.org.	Art Cushman, USDA; Property of the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Entomology, Bugwood.org.

Photo from USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.	Photo from Gerald J. Lenhard, Louiana State Univ, Bugwood.org.	Photo from Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, , Bugwood.org.