r/centralillinois • u/FloodPlainsDrifter • 6d ago

Advice Termites?

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Someone else posted about swarms of flying ants, mine look like this. Are they termites?

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u/eeeeeeeeeeeeeagle 6d ago

Citronella ants I think.

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u/WinstonChaychell 5d ago

Ants. Termites have what look like one individual thorax. These are "wood ants" and like to make their colonies in dead leaves, sticks, brush, and trees.