I have killed these insects in my house they look like ants with black and white wings but they aren't termite

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I have been killing these little insects in my house....I thought that they might be termites but I looked at pics and not it...they looke like black flying anys with black wings but in the black wings are little marking of white.......Worried so if someone has a clue please help me out!!!

Answer 1

Everyone knows what an ant looks like. And most people know that ants (Family Formicidae) live in colonies, usually made up of a single queen and her workers. But did you know that these workers are the queen's offspring and are all sterile females?

The queen ant begins a colony by laying eggs in a protected place, like under a log. She tends to her first brood of eggs, then feeds them her saliva when they hatch into larvae, and protects them as they pupate into adult ants. This first brood will then tend to the queen and her future offspring, leaving the nest colony to forage for food for both the queen and the developing young. Essentially, the queen ant becomes an egg-laying machine. Over time the colony grows in size as the adult worker population increases. Worker ants can live for almost six years and the queen up to fifteen years.

In spring or summer the queen will lay eggs that develop into fertile male and female ants. And these ants have wings! They leave the colony en masse, taking flight to mate in midair. This is called the "nuptial flight." If you happen upon one of these flights, stop what you're doing and take the opportunity to sit back and watch the show.

These winged ants emerge from their nest colony, which may be underground, or in a dead tree, or perhaps in an old woodpile. They walk about, searching for just the right spot from which to take flight. Then, single file, they follow one another to this point of no return, be it the tip of a branch or a log on top of the woodpile. It seems that the ant at the front of the line hesitates just a bit, and those behind it begin to crowd too close. "What's the hold up?" Suddenly, the first ant takes flight and the others follow, destined to mate on the wing. (The females, future queens, will store enough sperm from this one encounter to last the rest of their lives. They will drop to the ground, their wings will fall off and they will begin their own colonies. The male ants, having served their purpose, will die shortly after mating.)

Answer 2

Ants With White Wings

Answer 3

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I have killed these insects in my house they look like ants with black and white wings but they aren't termite
I have been killing these little insects in my house....I thought that they might be termites but I looked at pics and not it...they looke like black flying anys with black wings but in the black wings are little marking of white.......Worried so if someone has a clue please help me out!!!

Answer 4

could be termites or ants, termites princesses grow wings and fly away to become queens of there own nest, so do ants. Have a pest control person to check this out. termites will eat your home up without you knowing it. They are real bad in southern states , ga, fl, ala.

Answer 5

Some ant species form winged reproductive forms when the ant colony gets too big (limiting resources, etc). These winged ants disperse forming new colonies.
You can check out this link for more information:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Pests/flyant.htm
Hope this helps you out:)

Answer 6

I can't tell from your description, but I have had success with these sites before, for identification:
http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectid/index.html
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
www.whatsthatbug.com

Answer 7

water bugs