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Found these while digging a planting hole and again when emptying a wooden barrel planter. Termites? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] snapoff 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The straight antenna makes me think termite, but I’m not a bugologist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Entomologist.

[–] snapoff 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I know, I was kidding :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

...and I tried to be the smart-ass... :)

[–] snapoff 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I might have missed the cue since I’m no assologist either!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Proctologist. sry... :)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, subterranean termites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was unfamiliar with them until a few weeks ago, when we find some coming up through the kitchen floor. Apparently the live like 30' underground and make little mud tubes to the surface to get food. They had to drill like half inch deep holes all the way around my house and pump insecticide into them. Very annoying.