Termite Swarm

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The back of our yard, and our neighbor's, has a retaining wall made out of railroad ties. A few times over the years I've seen termites pouring out of them, and last week was one of those times. These termites with wings are called swarmers, and they're leaving their colony to find mates and start new colonies. Sometimes birds sit on the railroad ties and eat the termites as they come out -- it looks like a person drinking from a water fountain. Swarmers shed their wings once they've "landed", and fortunately for homeowners not many of them survive. I wonder if our toads will start looking fatter now.
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• termite
• swarm
• colony
• winged
• flying
• insect

[Digiscat]

@Impess99 I don't know much about termites, but I do know a fair bit about ants. And those are exactly like ant queens.

The only thing that throws me off, which might cause me to believe they're termites, is how they're grouping in their landing spot.

[vxenon67]

Quick get out the black flag.

[dedmotorhed]

Retard

[jnnycliff]

omg, just imagine half of them got to do deal damage, it would be entire town.

[Impess99]

@kevonhull LOL those are not ant queens LOL LOL LOL

[kevonhull]

there ant queen's -_-

[reemstrrr]

@DeeTheBomb ???

[FluroNikkie]

Haha, all Aussies out there, I've never had a case of Termites... and I'm in Victoria!

[timvid]

@ibsn87 Nope - Memphis, TN. Our house is treated to prevent termites, so they never moved in.

[ibsn87]

@watermelonorange

Hey dude, you from Australia? I had this happen in brisbane Qld, massive gum tree stump (2.5 m high in backyard) I thought the same thing as you, it was absolutely spectacular, a steady "smoke" stream. Went on for 20 mins. LOL, realised what it was and poured petrol around it, then lit it! Woompfh! Freaky though knowing the destruction they can cause! Did you end up getting termites in your house or anything?