Flying ants or Termites?

[armalitesheepdog]

Anyone able to tell the difference? These things fortunately are not in the house but in and around the baby pool.
They seem to be able to swim but....
Lord let they not be Terminates. There are Alot Of them
Anyone know??

 

[BankShot]

https://www.daviswebmarketing.com/_ppc/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/termite-vs-ants.jpg

From the link above, I would say those are just ants.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yeah, we had a small hatch of flying ants last week here. Nothing to worry about. Only lasted a day or two and nothing since. Oh and it's "termites", not "terminates"...

 

[Route 45]

Pretty sure they are not terminates. Terminates are silver in color and more laser-shooty.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Lol Damm spell check

 

[Creedmoor]

Anyone able to tell the difference? These things fortunately are not in the house but in and around the baby pool.
They seem to be able to swim but....
Lord let they not be Terminates. There are Alot Of them
Anyone know??

Beware....... ****ing Decepticons.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Yeah, we had a small hatch of flying ants last week here. Nothing to worry about. Only lasted a day or two and nothing since. Oh and it's "termites", not "terminates"...

Thanks DD
I fixed it. At first I thought spell check but....I think I'm just Old..

 

[Cameramonkey]

They could be citronella ants. Squish one. See if they smell like citronella.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Ants. Termites don't have a narrowed body section.

 

[GoBoilers!]

Ants. Termites don't have a narrowed body section.

Yep, that is one easy distinction between them. You can easily see the three body sections of an ant.
Also, ants have the "elbow" bend in their antennae, and termites have a straight thread-like antennae.
And the third difference: Ants have two sets of wings, and they are different lengths. Termite wings are much longer than there bodies and all the same length.

 

[Leadeye]

Termites usually swarm earlier in the year and as was mentioned have a thicker body section.