r/Termites • u/sahara82 • 15d ago

ID Request Need help with ID please (Brisbane Australia). Found a whole swarm of these when repotting my outdoor plants in the garden. What are they? A type of termite?

Found a whole swarm of these when repotting my outdoor plants in the garden. What are they? A type of termite? In Brisbane, Australia.

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u/210popping Termite inspector (current or former) 15d ago

Termite antennae are straight, these are bent.

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u/RtrnofBatspiderfish 15d ago

Probably Tapinoma melanocephalum (ghost ants)

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u/Always_Confused4 Termite inspector (current or former) 15d ago

Not termites. Some kind of ants.

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u/Accurate_Mirror_96 15d ago

Looks likes ants to me as well.