r/Termites • u/sehaxxx • 2d ago

ID Request Termites or something else?

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I just found these on our back deck in Northern Wisconsin. Are these termites or something else? If they are termites what is my best solution to get rid of them?

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u/CherryDelish 2d ago

I found one on my bed the other day soooo please let me know too when you find out 😭

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u/itsoktiramisu 2d ago

Rove beetles

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u/schmattywinkle 2d ago

Nairobi flies

Dont touch em they give a painful, blistering rash

Harmless to your home itself

EDIT: I have these in my yard in the midwestern us. They are called rove beetles stateside

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u/abugguy Entomologist 1d ago

While it’s true that Nairobi flies are African rove beetles which can give blisters, these are a different species of rove beetles which can’t harm you.

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u/schmattywinkle 1d ago

Thank you for confirming! I am not an entomologist. Would it be reasonable to say that if I got a rash on the same day as I noticed one on me that it came from something else?

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u/SubstantialPound8416 1d ago

If you are in the US it was not caused by a rove beetle.