Three different castes of termites in Sydney

www.pestec.com.au Here we have three termites all of the same species but different castes. In any termite Colony there will be a queen and king, alates or winged reproductives, then there will be soldiers workers and nymphs. In this photograph we have captured a soldier a worker and a winged reproductive all in the same shot, which is quite unusual. Soldiers and workers are the most numerous inhabitants of any termite colony, whilst there is usually only one king or Queen. Winged reproductive are only present for short times each year before they fly off to set up new colonies. The workers are the ones that do the most damage, as the name implies they are the ones that go and carry out most of the work eating timbers bight by bight often destroying entire houses bight by bight. A termites work is never done, they do not sleep, therefore they work 24 hours per day. Soldiers spend all day every day protecting the rest of the castes in the colony.