The life cycle of termites

The life cycle of termitesTermite life cycle

 Adult winged termites are also known as the "moth" moth is found during the rainy season. Between May and June and the rainy season, and has a high moisture content. It is suitable for the breeding of moths and is often seen.


Both male and female moths. When flying out of the nest to go, to throw off the wing. Then it will take to find a suitable place for a recheck of the following that The areas with high humidity and a food source is wood enough.


The mating of female termites. The queen ant is to release the smell of pheromones. The male ant (termite king) and mated to each other. When finished, the queen ant nest to lay eggs within a month the first of queen termites are small, about 10 eggs or more. Eggs hatch into larvae, termites out within several weeks.Life Cycle is the first termite termites and soldier termites. In the first stage larvae are fed by the queen of the termites eating the food. Termites, which have been protozoa and bacteria. The abdomen of the termite queen will lay eggs and begin to grow and move. I can not go wrong. This will produce termites and termite soldiers to give up the queen to lay eggs within the next 3-4 years to produce a first class reproduction. For wood is shaped to extend over more than a few. Will close. With the queen termites for mating only.The eggs of termites, or rather slender, rounded shape. As a white foam-like eggs singly or in groups of cockroaches. When the hatch is going to look like an adult but are smaller. Larvae grow and molt several times as an adult with no wings and are sterile. The ant and termite soldiers. I cast a soft adult moths have wings or reproductive caste is a caste of reproductive growth period from egg to adult takes 9-10 months, the military caste and labor time for 4-6 year cycle. a termite queen and king termites will live up to 25-50 years.


When the season began. Most of the rainfall is about 2 -3 times a year by male and female moths (Alate or winged reproductive male of female) to leave the nest at dusk, about 18:30 to 19:30 am


To come together with the mating of the wing and then throw away. Then drill down to build nests in soil in areas where food and water. After the soil is at about 2-31 days before laying a single egg, and it will add more and more. It may be up to several thousand eggs per day. Pod egg into an embryo (Larva) and will grow by molting into an adult.The first egg will separate out the termites have wings. And sterility of chemicals called pheromones or substances produced from the rectum of a queen, so that the embryo formed, as the embryo develops into a termite castes such as termite work (Worker) termite soldier (Soldier. ) by some of the embryos will develop into winged termites, which in the short period of fertility (Nymphs).When the breeding season to grow into moths. The full length of its wings to fly to mating. Some embryos will grow as the reproductive caste termites secondary (Supplementary Queen and king), which serves a mating and egg. Population. The Raja (King) or Regina (Queen) of nests were destroyed.

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