In the Spring, termites emerge in a mating flight. They are small black insects that lose their wings soon after emerging. These small black reproductive die because they quickly lose the moisture stored in their bodies. This leads some people to believe that termites are only active in the Spring. This is completely false.
Termites are active throughout the entire year.
Because the worker termites that do the damage do not like to be exposed to light, they have developed ingenious ways of getting into buildings without being seen while they do their destructive work. Single colonies of termites have been known to have as many as one million members.