This form of termite can easily be confused with a winged ant unless you look closely. Termite swarmers have two pairs of long narrow, wings with very few clearly visible veins, and both the front and back pair are nearly equal in size and length. Winged ants have two pairs of wings with several distinct cross veins, shaped like long triangles, and the back pair and much shorter than the front pair. Termite images, termite description Workers represent the majority of the colony population and are responsible for caring for eggs, constructing and maintaining tunnels, foraging for food and feeding and grooming of other caste members. They are white and soft bodied.
Soldiers are responsible for defending the colony.
They are white, soft bodied with an enlarged, hardened head containing two large jaws, or mandibles, which are used as a weapon against predators. Winged reproductives produce the offspring in the colony and swarm at certain times of the year. The King termite assists the queen in creating and attending to the colony during its initial formation. He will continue to mate throughout his life to help increase the colony size. The Queen termite creates the colony by laying eggs and tending to the colony until enough workers and nymphs are produced to care for the colony.