﻿Order 
  ISOPTERA. 
  

  

  This 
  order 
  is 
  characterized 
  by 
  having 
  a 
  flattened. 
  loose-jointed 
  body, 
  

   the 
  wings 
  similar 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  shape, 
  net 
  veined, 
  the 
  metamorphoses 
  in- 
  

   complete. 
  Only 
  a 
  single 
  representative 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  the 
  

  

  Termite, 
  commonly 
  known 
  as 
  a 
  "white 
  ant. 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  "white 
  ants" 
  live 
  in 
  

   colonies 
  in 
  dead 
  or 
  decaying 
  

   stumps, 
  logs 
  or 
  standing 
  

   trunks 
  or 
  under 
  stones 
  in 
  

   woodland. 
  The 
  forms 
  most 
  

   commonly 
  seen 
  are 
  the 
  

   "workers," 
  which 
  are 
  whitish 
  

   in 
  color, 
  have 
  a 
  large 
  head 
  

   without 
  eyes, 
  moderately 
  de- 
  

   veloped 
  jaws, 
  a 
  soft, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  flattened 
  oval 
  body, 
  and 
  

   are 
  about 
  one-quarter 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  long. 
  Scattered 
  among 
  

   them 
  are 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  

   individuals 
  with 
  long, 
  sharp- 
  

   pointed, 
  brown-tipped 
  mandi- 
  

   bles, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  sol- 
  

   diers 
  whose 
  function 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  

   defend 
  the 
  colony. 
  In 
  the 
  

   spring, 
  yet 
  larger, 
  chestnut- 
  

   brown 
  forms 
  with 
  eyes 
  and 
  

   developed 
  wings 
  are 
  found, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  males 
  and 
  females 
  which 
  

   "swarm" 
  in 
  May 
  or 
  June, 
  coming 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  nests 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers 
  

   and 
  fluttering 
  feebly 
  in 
  the 
  bright 
  sunshine 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  period. 
  

  

  They 
  do 
  not 
  attack 
  growing 
  vegetation 
  in 
  our 
  State, 
  but 
  are 
  often 
  

   found 
  in 
  partly 
  decayed 
  trees 
  and 
  may 
  hasten 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  such. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  they 
  get 
  into 
  the 
  woodwork 
  of 
  fences 
  and 
  buildings, 
  and 
  may 
  then 
  

   do 
  considerably 
  injury. 
  Remedial 
  measures 
  must 
  be 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  case 
  

   in 
  hand 
  and 
  may 
  mean 
  the 
  injection 
  of 
  carbon 
  disulphide, 
  soaking 
  with 
  

   creosote 
  or 
  the 
  actual 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  infested 
  wood. 
  In 
  all 
  cases 
  an 
  effort 
  

   should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  locate 
  and 
  destroy 
  the 
  central 
  nest 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  come. 
  

  

  Our 
  species 
  is 
  listed 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Fig. 
  9. 
  — 
  Tcniics 
  Haz'ipcs 
  or 
  "white 
  

  

  the 
  castes: 
  a, 
  larva; 
  b, 
  winged 
  female; 
  

   worker; 
  d, 
  soldier; 
  e, 
  large 
  female; 
  f 
  

   pupa. 
  Natural 
  size 
  marked 
  by 
  lines. 
  

  

  showing 
  

  

  Family 
  TERAIITID.^. 
  

  

  T. 
  flavipes 
  Koll. 
  

  

  TERMES 
  Linn. 
  

   Found 
  commonly 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

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