Termites are social insects, which live in large colonies.
Termite antennae have bead-like segments.
The wings are broken off after swarming. The abdomen is broadly joined at the thorax unlike the narrow abdominal attachment found on ants. The wings are brownish gray with a few hairs and two dark veins on the leading edge. The soldiers are wingless with white bodies, rectangular yellow-brown heads that are two times longer than their width, and large mandibles, which lack teeth. Subterranean termite colonies usually are located in the soil from which the workers build mud tubes to structural wood where they then feed.