THE LIFE CYCLES OF TERMITES, YOU MUST KNOW.

TERMITE COLONIES ARE INITIATED WHEN SWARMS OF WINGED MALE AND FEMALE LEAVE A MATURE NEST,USUALLY IN SUMMER IN WARM TEMPERATE AREAS AND DURING THE RAINY SEASON IN TROPICAL AND WARM DESERT AREAS.TERMITES PAIR OFF,SHED THEIR WINGS AND EXCAVATE A NEST IN OR NEAR A SOURCE OF WOOD.AFTER CONSTRUCTING A CHAMBER,THE PAIR MATES AND THE FEMALE BEGINS LAYING EGGS,PRODUCING FROM A FEW HUNDRED TO TENS OF THOUSANDS(DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES) OVER HER MANY-YEAR LIFETIME.THE EGGS HATCH WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF MONTHS(DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES),AND THE EMERGING LARVEA,OR NYMPHS,MATURE OVER A PERIOD OF TWO TO SIX MONTHS.MOST BECOME WORKERS OR SOLDIERS.WHEN THE NEST REACHES ITS MAXIMUM POPULATION,SOME OF THE NYMPHS MATURE INTO WINGED MALE AND FEMALE,AND THE CYCLE IS REPEATED.