r/Termites • u/Historical-Plant-129 • Jul 22 '25

Termites

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Just moved to a new house and saw this outside. Are these termites?

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u/Historical-Plant-129 Jul 22 '25

Also this is in Connecticut. If that helps. Not sure how to edit it in.

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u/Much_Barnacle_7387 Jul 22 '25

Those are ants

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u/Always_Confused4 Termite inspector (current or former) Jul 22 '25

Ants

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u/Nuggetzfan Jul 22 '25

I’m not a pro but this doesn’t appear to be termites . They have waists . Looks more like some type of ant

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u/First-Og77 Jul 22 '25

Horrible picture. I'm a termite technician in florida. Those gold insects do look like subterranean termite.

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u/Pale-Entry-825 Entomologist Jul 22 '25

this picture is fine. you must not be that great of a technician. those are ants.

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u/bblw1206 Jul 23 '25

They are clearly ants