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Default Pls help identify invading bugs

The "waist" between the segmented sections is very thin which means
they are flying ants not termites.
You can't see it very well in my pic though.

On Aug 14, 3:37*pm, "TomR" wrote:
TomR wrote:

Also, here is a fairly good YouTube video that shows how to determine
the difference between swarming termites and flying ants:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeXLdBW_1c8.


P.S. Well, after I viewed the YouTube video, I am not so sure they are
termites. *The photo isn't very clear, but the video says that for termites
the length of the wings should be much larger than the termite body size.
If the wings are only slightly larger than the body size, it tends to be
flying ants.

Again, the photo is not very clear, so who knows -- but maybe this is good
news for the OP.