Order ISOPTERA. 





This order is represented in our State by a single species only, commonly 

 qalled a " white ant " or, more properly, a Termite. These " white ants " may 

 be found in dead or decaying stumps, logs or even standing trunks, or under 

 stones in woodland. They have a large head without eyes, short feelers, a small 



thorax with short legs, a soft, 

 somewhat flattened, oval abdo- 

 men, and are about one-quarter 

 of an inch long. These are the 

 workers and their jaws are only 

 moderately developed. Scat- 

 tered among them are somewhat 

 larger individuals with long, 

 sharp-pointed mandibles, and 

 these are soldiers. In the spring 

 yet larger, chestnut brown, 

 winged individuals are found 

 and these are male and female 

 which swarm in May or June in 

 immense numbers. 



They never attack growing 

 vegetation in our State ; but are 

 generally found in the roots or 

 stumps of partly decayed trees 

 and may hasten its death. 



Sometimes they get into the 

 woodwork of fences and buildings, and may, under such circumstances, do 

 considerable injury. Remedial measures must be adapted to the peculiarities 

 of the case in hand. 



The species that occurs with us is listed as follows : 



Fig. 15. — Termes flavipes or "white ant," showing the 

 castes : a, larva; 6, winged male ; c, worker; d, 

 soldier ; e, large female ;/, pupa. Nat- 

 ural size marked by lines. 



Family TERMITIDJE. 



TERMES Linn. 

 T. flavipes Koll. Found throughout the State. 



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