What Does A Termite Look Like?

Termites are often confused with ants. An alternative name for them is white ants, and, as can be gleaned from that name, the workers do look very similar in shape to an ant. They are a milky white colour.

However, it is not just the workers that you need to be able to spot. The soldiers, who protect the workers, usually have an orange coloured head that has large mandible pinchers, which they use when attacking an enemy. If you uncover a termite working, it is likely that you will see more soldiers than workers as they rush to protect their food source.

Another termite type you need to be on the lookout for is the swarmer, or alate. These are the winged termite that swarms in search of new food sources. Once they find one, they will mate, lose their wings and become the king and queen of a new colony. They look like the worker, except they have wings.

The last variant is one that you will not see normally, the king and the queen. While the king looks fairly normal, the queen is enormous compared to all the others. She has a massive swollen abdomen that can be up to 30 centimetres in length and can lay up to 2000 eggs a day. She can live for more than 25 years, making the number of offspring one queen can produce in the tens of millions.

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Myths about Cockroaches

Of all the pests, the cockroach seems to be the one that attracts the most rumour and mythology. Let’s clear the air, let’s dispel the untruths that surround this creature.

The first myth is that cockroaches only live in dirty houses. This is totally untrue; cockroaches will live anywhere they can. They are just more apparent in dirty houses as the food is out in the open.

The second myth is that cockroaches are afraid of the light because they scuttle away when a light is turned on. The truth is they were asleep in the dark and turning the light on just scares them the same way it does to people.

Myth number three is that roaches are dirty creatures. This is not true; they are compulsive about cleaning themselves. In fact, much like a cat, they spend hours a day cleaning them; it is just they go into dirty places all the time.

The fourth myth is that there are albino cockroaches. This is false, the reality is that cockroaches shed their skin and while the new skin dries it is white. Within a few hours, the new skin will be brown.

The final myth is one that has yet to be proven or disproven conclusively: that of cockroaches being able to survive a nuclear holocaust. While some tests have shown they have a higher resistance to radiation than humans, the reality is that if the rest of life on Earth died, so would cockroaches, probably. No one really knows, and no one wants to know.

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