Matching service only. Under Florida Chapter 482 we are not a certified operator. We do not spray, bait, tent, or inspect.
Matching service. Discarded wings on a sill are a reason to request a licensed operator, not a diagnosis from this website.
Spring swarmers panic west Orlando kitchens because flying ants and termites occupy the same windowsill for one afternoon. UF/IFAS is explicit: it is important to differentiate correctly between termites and ants, and Figure 6 in Termite Prevention and Control is the waist-and-wings chart most people can actually use. Most people can see the pinched waist on an ant.
The older UF/IFAS subterranean termite publication states the same three tells in one sentence: winged termites have a thick waist, straight antennae, and wings of equal size. Flying ants have a narrow waist, elbowed antennae, and front wings longer than hind wings. Termite wings often shed after the flight; piles of equal wings near light are a common indoor clue.
UF/IFAS also notes that swarmers are present in spring and sometimes a smaller fall flight, and that workers — the cream-colored “white ants” — do the damage. None of that is a substitute for a licensed identification. Treatments differ, and they are costly.
If you can, keep a specimen in a small container of rubbing alcohol rather than crushing it in a napkin. That is UF/IFAS advice for identification labs, not a request that this matching site ID your bug. Send city or ZIP and “swarmers on the sill” on the form. We match you with a licensed local operator. We do not tent, and we do not write the WDO report.