An excrept from a BBC wildlife programme. The thought of fire ants normally conjure up fear and destruction. But as this video shows, we should also admire their tenacity for survival and how successful they are as a colony.
A termite colony is shown in this clip including workers and soldier termites. You can see just what they look like, how small they are, and how they move.
Termite colonies release swarmers or winged reproductives. This video shows swarmers that were released from an Eastern Subterranean Termite Colony in Georgia. Commonly found in the spring, termite swarmers leave existing colonies seeking out a mate and a new location to start a nest.
Scout, worker, nurse and a female carpenter ants are filmed close up as they relocate a nest following heavy rain storms in Southeast region of the United States. Carpenter ants will many times get inside homes during this exodus and can cause damage if left untreated.
Tracking carpenter ants can help identify nest locations so you can directly treat them for fast control. Carpenter ants will commonly have several nest sites and if you watch them foraging you can almost always find key locations that will need treatment. Remember, an active ant is either walking away or back to a nest so there is at least a 50% chance watching it will provide valuable information.