Photo by Drees. Their biology is similar to the subterranean termite. They consume living or dry forage grasses, legumes and other plants, which is digested by symbiotic flagellated protozoans living in the termite's digestive system.
Workers are active on the soil surface at night or during cooler parts of the day.
They are active from March through September, particularly after rainy periods. Reduce pastureland for livestock. They construct fragile mud tubes and sheets of mud around the surfaces of herbaceous and woody plants, litter, dung, fence posts and similar objects. In pastures, their feeding activities can reduce forage for livestock. They are medically harmless to man and animals.