Formosan Termite

Identification

Formosan termite swarmers are yellowish-brown with hairy wings, and colonies build distinctive cardboard-like carton nests.

Formosan Termite is a type of termite. See the full termites guide for signs, treatment, and prevention.

Known species and subtypes

• Subterranean TermiteReticulitermes spp.

  The most damaging and common termite type in the U.S., living in underground colonies and building mud tubes to reach wood.

• Drywood TermiteIncisitermes spp.

  A termite that lives entirely within dry wood without soil contact, common in warmer coastal regions.