white ants
Colony timber eaters
White ants is another name for termites, especially in Australian and South African English.
The name comes from their pale color and superficial resemblance to ants, though termites are more closely related to cockroaches.
The white ants got into the floorboards and we had to replace the whole thing.
- workerPerson who toils
- termiteWood-devouring social insect
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- pestHarmful creature or nag
foundation repair · soldier · frass · dry rot · wood · soil · destruction · insects · infestation · pale · mud · mud tubes · animals · caste system · undermining · structural collapse · Australian slang · mound-building
taxonomic classification
white antsblack ants
Dark six-legged colonizers
Hymenoptera · carpenter ants · fire ants · army ants · ants
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