Habitat
Adults: terrestrial
Immatures: terrestrial

Feeding Habits
Adults: phytophagous
Immatures: phytophagous

North American
Species: 8

Isoptera Rhinotermitidae
Subterranean and damp-wood termites

Special Characteristics: Wingless forms are very pale, small termites. The winged reproductive forms are darker brown. Termites families are generally distinguished by their antennae, wing venation and other small characters.

Comments: Members of this family feed on damp wood. They are always are in contact with the soil and will construct earthen tubes to wood that is not in contact with the soil. Some species are saprophagous. Only one species of this family is found in eastern Canada and it is very rare and found only in a few localities.

Species:
Reticulitermes sp.

Common Name:

Feeding Habits: This group of termites feeds on damp wood.

Distribution:
Southern Ontario

Comments:
Only one species, Reticulitermes flavipes, is established in eastern Canada. It lives in a few small colonies in southern Ontario.