Tiny Termite Swarmers from Groveland
Specimens collected by Ryles Richards, 26 May 2020, on Breckenridge ion PML, Groveland, in the house. The customer said the termites appeared to be coming up from between the carpet and the flooring.
Swarmers, who have dropped their wings.
We are still trying to get an ID on these.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030504919700237X#!
is an article suggesting a new species is out there. We are on the lookout for a colony.
Oak groundling moth larvae from inside a common eumenid wasp nest
Tiny Subterranean Termite Swarmers
From Toyon Ct, Tuolumne City. Early May, 2020.
These specimens are about 3 mm long.
Thanks to Dr. Vernard Lewis for the ID. Dr. Lewis points out that these might represent specimens of an undescribed species, as proposed by Haverty and Nelson in 1997.
We contacted Dr. Lori Nelsom, one of the authors of the 1997 paper, Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Northern California Indicate Undescribed Species.
She said it is possible that these tiny termites are indeed one of undescribed species. I called the customer and asked for more details. He said the termites had come from a beam near the roof and that there were winged termites on the roof. So maybe these are drywood termites?