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06-20-2011, 06:06 PM #1
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Is this a termite?
Saw this at an inspection today. It looks sort of like a termite but I'm not sure. The picture sucks but it is about 1/4 inch long.
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06-20-2011, 06:14 PM #2
Jeffrey L. Mathis Guest Re: Is this a termite?
Around here, termites a generally white. 3/16 to maybe a 1/4 inch.
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06-20-2011, 06:31 PM #3
Ron Bibler Guest Re: Is this a termite?
No this is not a termite.
Originally Posted by Benjamin Thompson
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06-20-2011, 06:55 PM #4
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Re: Is this a termite?
Looks like an earwig, assuming that is just 1 bug in the photo.
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06-20-2011, 08:44 PM #5
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Re: Is this a termite?
It had a kind of forked tail but no tail pincers. Originally Posted by Dom D'Agostino
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06-21-2011, 07:44 AM #6
Ted Williams Guest Re: Is this a termite?
Looks like an earwig to me also
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06-21-2011, 09:39 PM #7
Isaac Q. Guest Re: Is this a termite?
its hard to tell from the photo, but i would say its an earwig based on pinchers. It could be a swarmer termite without the alates (wings) these are usually black in color at least in my part of Texas. did you see any clear wings laying around? no. then: Did it have pinchers in the rear for sure? if so, then 100% its an earwig.
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06-23-2011, 07:27 PM #8
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Re: Is this a termite?
No, these are termites.
When they've been flying, they're brown but they don't have tails.
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06-24-2011, 05:10 AM #9
Bert de Haan Guest Re: Is this a termite?
Male Earwigs have curved pincers, females have smaller, straight pincers that could be described as "a kind of forked tail." Originally Posted by Benjamin Thompson
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06-24-2011, 08:05 PM #10
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Re: Is this a termite?
Earwig very common in my region
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06-24-2011, 08:21 PM #11
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Re: Is this a termite?
Termites.have a Head and Body ( basically 2 parts.)
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An Ant Has A Head , Round middle section and lower body ( three Parts. )
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It Might have Choked Artie But it ain't gone'a choke Stymie! Our Gang " The Pooch " (1932)
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