Soon after shedding their wings, males and females pair off and search for a place 
to form a new nest. The great majority of them are usually unsuccessful, but some 
survive and manage to hollow out small cells in the ground near wood. They enter 
the cell, seal the opening, and eventually mate. 
A,B,E,F: F-531243 
D: F-531902 
C,G: Courtesy South. For. Exp. Stn., 
: Gulfport, Miss. 
Figure 14.—Eastern subterranean termite, 
Reticulitermes flavipes: A, \arvae or immatures; B, 
worker; C, soldier; D, nymph; E, winged primary 
reproductive; F, physiogastric female primary 
reproductive; G, female supplementary reproductive. 
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