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.
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Eastern subterranean termite. USDA ARS Photo Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
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Formosan subterranean termites, Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org.
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graphic ant and termite. Here compare the difference between the two. USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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Heads of termite soldiers; Formosan-left, eastern subterranean-right, USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.
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west indian powderpost drywood termite, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, University of Florida, Bugwood.org.
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Art Cushman, USDA; Property of the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Entomology, Bugwood.org.
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Photo from USDA Forest Service Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.
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Photo from Gerald J. Lenhard, Louiana State Univ, Bugwood.org.
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Photo from Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, , Bugwood.org.
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