Was buying some mulch for my mom. I have not performed my first WDI inspection yet and have never seen termites in person. But I was grabbing the mulch and noticed small white insects crawling and took a pic and video. Seem like baby termites to me am I wrong ?
Looks like worker termites, can’t tell what type so I’m going with drywood.
“Baby” termites? what’s that
Worker termites I know is what their called but I was saying baby in terms of where they are at in their metamorphosis stage but they might already be adult stage
Was more so asking if that’s how worker termites look fully grown adult stage or still more room for metamorphosis to take place
Home Depot better get on-the-stick and start advertising their mulch as “termite free.” I am thinking that a few workers on their own does not a colony make and would likely not survive. Anyone know for sure if bringing home a few worker termites presents a real problem?
Termite metamorphosis is incomplete.
You took a pics of adult workers. They do not have functional foraging ability until they reach this final stage.
Your pic shows a few on top of the mulch, I don’t see any inside the bag.
I do not think so
BTW Lowes sells mulch with boric acid impregnated in it.
A few years ago, a significant amount of the mulch brough into Iowa had termites in it.
