Comments on: Is there a difference between termites and carpenters ants? http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/ listing bots and other evils Tue, 29 May 2012 22:07:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: haysoos2 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/comment-page-1/#comment-40391 haysoos2 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:38:27 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/#comment-40391 Actually carpenter ants (Camponotus) don't eat wood. They carve their nests out of damp wood, but they don't actually eat it. Termites do eat wood. They have symbiotic gut bacteria that can break down cellulose and allows to gain nourishment from this tough food source. Carpenter ants are large ants, black or dark brown in colour. They have long, slender legs, and the workers have large mandibles. Their antennae have a distinctive elbow in them. Termites are heavy bodied, with shorter legs. They are usually pale in colour, biege or even white, and are rather soft, with large swollen abdomens. Soldiers may have very large mandibles, but most of the workers don't have noticeably large jaws. http://realtimesuccesssecrets.blogspot.com Actually carpenter ants (Camponotus) don’t eat wood. They carve their nests out of damp wood, but they don’t actually eat it.

Termites do eat wood. They have symbiotic gut bacteria that can break down cellulose and allows to gain nourishment from this tough food source.

Carpenter ants are large ants, black or dark brown in colour. They have long, slender legs, and the workers have large mandibles. Their antennae have a distinctive elbow in them.

Termites are heavy bodied, with shorter legs. They are usually pale in colour, biege or even white, and are rather soft, with large swollen abdomens. Soldiers may have very large mandibles, but most of the workers don’t have noticeably large jaws.

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]]> By: bulewo http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/comment-page-1/#comment-36973 bulewo Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:36:16 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/#comment-36973 Termites belong to the insect group Isoptera, related to cockroaches, while ants are related to bees and wasps, Hymenoptera. A baby ant is like a maggot, a baby termite is like a little termite. They are not closeley related at all, apart from being insects. http://realtimesuccesssecrets.blogspot.com Termites belong to the insect group Isoptera, related to cockroaches, while ants are related to bees and wasps, Hymenoptera. A baby ant is like a maggot, a baby termite is like a little termite. They are not closeley related at all, apart from being insects.

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]]> By: woodenwater1959 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/comment-page-1/#comment-32863 woodenwater1959 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:37:02 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/#comment-32863 They both eat wood. Termites make long tunnels with the grain of wood. Carpenter ants make round holes in wood surface and usually see a pile of sawdust on floor beneath hole. http://realtimesuccesssecrets.blogspot.com They both eat wood. Termites make long tunnels with the grain of wood. Carpenter ants make round holes in wood surface and usually see a pile of sawdust on floor beneath hole.

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]]> By: carmarhal http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/comment-page-1/#comment-28547 carmarhal Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:36:24 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/#comment-28547 Termites: Straight Antennae, Wings of Equal Size, Thick Waist Carpenter Ants: Elbowed Antennae, Wings of Unequal Size, Thin Waist http://realtimesuccesssecrets.blogspot.com Termites: Straight Antennae, Wings of Equal Size, Thick Waist

Carpenter Ants: Elbowed Antennae, Wings of Unequal Size, Thin Waist

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]]> By: BillBridge http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/comment-page-1/#comment-25115 BillBridge Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:36:26 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/#comment-25115 yes, they are two entirely different species http://realtimesuccesssecrets.blogspot.com yes, they are two entirely different species

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]]> By: davidizer13 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/comment-page-1/#comment-22060 davidizer13 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:36:29 +0000 http://evilbot.com/ants/is-there-a-difference-between-termites-and-carpenters-ants/#comment-22060 Yes, there is a difference. While they both eat wood, the body shapes are quite a bit different. Carpenter ants are large black ants (1 inch long) and termites are brown with white bodies (1/2 inch long). http://realtimesuccesssecrets.blogspot.com Yes, there is a difference. While they both eat wood, the body shapes are quite a bit different. Carpenter ants are large black ants (1 inch long) and termites are brown with white bodies (1/2 inch long).

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