Found these while digging a planting hole and again when emptying a wooden barrel planter. Termites?

2 years ago by I_Fart_Glitter to c/whatsthisbug

snapoff 6 points 2 years ago

The straight antenna makes me think termite, but I’m not a bugologist.

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5714 2 points 2 years ago

Entomologist.

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snapoff 5 points 2 years ago

I know, I was kidding :)

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5714 3 points 2 years ago

...and I tried to be the smart-ass... :)

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snapoff 2 points 2 years ago

I might have missed the cue since I’m no assologist either!

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AFKBRBChocolate 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, subterranean termites.

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I_Fart_Glitter 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you!!

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AFKBRBChocolate 2 points 2 years ago

I was unfamiliar with them until a few weeks ago, when we find some coming up through the kitchen floor. Apparently the live like 30' underground and make little mud tubes to the surface to get food. They had to drill like half inch deep holes all the way around my house and pump insecticide into them. Very annoying.

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I_Fart_Glitter 5 points 2 years ago

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AmbiguousProps 2 points 2 years ago

Probably 9 months too late, but yes, those are termites

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