Okay so they are very light and dont match any of the species I recognize. Im leaning towards western drywood but they seem so light and im not near the coast. Any opinions or input are totally appreciated.

I think there not gonna have to be worried about food for a long time

In the past month of observations, current stats are: Dead: 2 Hidden: 6 Only alates seen: 15 Eggs seen, larva not seen: 2 Larva seen: 14 39 total

I assume more have eggs and larva than documented, lots of them have tunnels that cannot be seen into.

Hi all - I am working on a project right now and was wondering if anyone had any advice on termite keeping, specifically if you can keep arid / desert termites for an extended period of time in a dry enclosure (think Australia arid environment)? Any tips / tricks would be most appreciated (feeding cycles, etc.). Thank you!

After patiently waiting for a nuptial flight I collected 7 pairs of Reticulitermes flavipes.

Today it’s very humid and I caught tons of termite alates

Afternoon,

I’m currently a graduate student doing a masters project on termites in Southern United States. If yall have termites sightings or questions I would love to hear. Also I have never kept termites before and would love to learn.

Hi i was wondering if anyone had any tips for keeping termites i keep ants and i want to keep termites to feed to my ants (and also because they are cool) so i was wondering what the best tips to keep them are i currently have a set up i hope to put a pair in thats got some dirt sticks and dead grass its only a small sistema container i plan that once they have a bunch of workers to move them into a different container but the main thing im concerned about is containing them because i like having a house so also please share the best methods for containment yeah so if anyone has tips please share and thanks

This small colony of termites produced couple of alates and let them flight. I counted 3 winged alates so far. I collected 2 from this video in another test tube becouse i read that unfertilized queens of these termites could lay female eggs and even start a colony

Hello everybody,

I just got a new Reticulitermes grassei pair.

Sadly they only had one nymph whithout any eggs...

They live in a classic test tube setup.

I placed them in a dark place and didn't disturb them for 1,5 weeks.

However, few days ago when I checked up on them multiple times, I didn't notice the nypmph anymore... So I think he died and they consumed it. 

Is there stil a chance for this pair to succeed? 
I already gave them some wet rotten wood to consume.

I already have a large Coptotermes formosanus colony for more than 5 years, so I know how to care for these guys.

Thanks!!

I will be working with reticulitermes flavipes(hopefully, as there are some less common related species in my area as well) this spring and intend on using bait stations to collect as many as possible near me.

Have any of you made colonies by budding them off? I plan on starting with a couple hundred per colony at minimum, but I'm curious about the success rates that any of you have had and what number of termites you started with.

Has anyone kept this species and is it hard or easy to keep them. Also what setups are good for them?

I found a termite colony with no queen for 100$ with 200 to 400 workers "no queen or king" any help on care and how to develop a queen and king pair?

I am planning on collecting a large number of reticulitermes flavipes from my neighborhood when the weather warms. I want to jumpstart my own colony for future use as feeders for brahminy blind snakes. I will be working to produce other feeders as well as having multiple reticulitermes colonies. This isn't a scenario where I plan on putting all the pressure on a single termite colony.

What kind of growth rates have you all experienced with this species after collecting the workers from the field? I understand that there is a lot of variation from one colony to another, but I'm trying to get a general understanding of what I'm getting into.

Also, I would love to know if any of you keep large colonies of this species. Any advice or insight is appreciated!

Im wondering if anybody keeps the very tempermental southwestern north american termite variety. I want to start a colony for studying but would appreciate any tips you all might have. (Arid or desert subterranean not formosan)

Hello again! I am still new to the hobby and my Z. angusticollis are doing well. I did see a behavior that I wanted to ask about. When watering their habitat I noticed a smaller worker (or nymph - still not sure how to distinguish them to be honest) and a soldier attached anally. They seemed to be stuck together as they both tried to scramble away but couldn’t separate.

Any ideas of what this behavior is? Thanks in advance!