Worker termites keep busy 24 hours a day to digest wood fibers and other forms of cellulose which they eat, digest and share with the other members of the colony. Workers also clean the royal pair and carry away the eggs. Property owners rarely see the worker termites because they stay deep within the structure hollowing it out from the inside. This form of termite can be easily confused with a winged ant. Their wings are longer and of equal length.
Ants are often several times larger.
They have elbowed antennae and three distinct body segments, with very slim waists. Their front wings are much longer than the back ones. Termites break off their wings and ants do not.