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What is Termites?
Termites (also called as Whit Ants) are social insects and live together in colonies in which there are overlapping generations and a division of labour among different castes. Each colony contains three major castes of adult termites: workers, soldiers, and reproductives.
Worker Termites?
Termites Workers are by far the most numerous in numbers, constituting around 90 to 98 percent of the colony members. Worker termites are sightless (no eyes), completely white (without pigmentation), and are the caste responsible for foraging, building tunnels, mud tubes and caring and foraging for the young. Unlike ants, bees, and wasps, in which all workers are female, termite workers may genetically be either male or female, but there is no functional difference as long as they remain as workers.
Soldier Termites?
Soldiers are differentiated by their enlarged, darker colored heads and large mandibles and are the next most numerous caste. Depending on species, anywhere from 2 to 4 percent (subterranean termites) and up to 10% (Formosan termites) of the termites in an established colony will be soldiers. As their name suggests, soldiers are responsible for the defense of the entire colony and will immediately respond to breeches in tunnel walls or other attacks of any pest on the colony.
Reproductives?
Reproductives are the members of colony which responsible for mating and laying eggs, but there are three different types of reproductive termites. Primary reproductives are the queen and king. These are the termites that left their parent colony as swarmers termites, flew away from the parent colony and paired up to establish the new colony in nearby premises. Unlike ants, bees, and wasps, male reproductive termites, known as kings, assist the female in founding the colony and remain inside the colony with the queen to mate repeatedly over time. Once they have paired up and fallen back to the ground, termite swarmers shed their wings and attempt to establish a new colony. Primary reproductives can live as long as more than10 to 15 years, and queens in well-established colonies can produce a mximum thousands of eggs per day.
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