There are many types of termites that call United States home.
In the northeast area of the county the two most popular are Drywood Termites and Eastern Subterranean Termites.
Drywood Termites
* 3/8"-5/8", yellow/brownish. One wing. * These eat across the grain, eating all the wood, unlike subterranean termites. These termites usually are found in small amounts, but if not fully treated, the new infestations can cause serious damage. * Drywood Termites typically live in dry wood(low levels of moisture). Usually found in sub tropical areas, several species in the southwest. Colonies are found inside the wood. Eastern Subterranean Termites
* Underground, they enter wood structures through small cracks, some lees then 1/16". However, if moisture is available these creatures can survive without being underground., 3/8", dark-brown/ blackish. Wings are long and can be milky/ transparent.
Only in the most basic sense. Two ways to tell them apart: 1) Ants have a thin, "nipped in" waist - termites are thick waisted. 2) Termites are usually grayish/white. Ants rarely are that color - usually brown, black or red.
Termite droppings
Look like normal tiny pellets that guinea pigs eat.
Like red and yellow sand particles.
Yes they do look similar only a lot smaller and the big thing that should tip you off to the difference is that termites eat wood and a maggot will be on a dead animal.
Termites are actually more similar to cockroaches than ants. However, termites and ants may seem similar due to their body structure and antennae. Ants are less destructive than termites.
Termite tunnels look very similar to the tunnels of ants seen in ant farms. This is because both insects have similar tunneling methods.
Termites love dead wood, so it would already be rotting. You would see little lines down the wood and maybe holes into it. Much like ants in a log, just smaller.
Termites get food from hunting fir it. Termites like to eat wood. You can find termites in forests and even in a home that is made out of wood.
Urine
place for termites would be near would like trees
One detects termites having eaten wood along the foundation of their home by the crumbling apart of wood and little white insect larve called termites. Termites when mature look like ants with wings. They will be living under that rotten wood when you pull it apart from the foundation.
No, termites do not have incisors. They do have teeth-like plates that are similar to saw blades. They used these plates for cutting and grinding.
well, termites eat wood faster when you play loud thumping music like rock or something. well, termites eat wood faster when you play loud thumping music like rock or something.
Yes, If you look close enough! =)
If they look like this they are: http://godw1nz.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/carpenterants.jpg But only because they build their nests in wood. They are not as bad as termites, but I'd get rid of them if I were you.