Is this a termite?

Don't know what the heck that is, but.............don't want them in MY house!!

-Soupy1957

wow! that thing is ugly. but i dont think it is?

http://www.termitenewyorkcity.com/more-about-termites/species/

I don't think its a termite, I actually have no idea what the heck it is..... Will be following this thread to see if someone can answer.

Shawn

Hard to tell from the picture, are the eyes the little dots on top of the head? It also looks like 8 legs, 2 tucked in the front. If so we're looking at a spider. Termites seem to have antennae on top of their heads. Insects have 6 legs, arachnids 8 legs. Doesn't look like a beetle larvae either. What state does your dad live in? It might help in id.

Ask Andrew Zimernin (sp?) from Travel Channel... He eats stuff like that... Sorry, my "Book of Bugs" does show this creature. Check for any others like it or any wood damage.

kinda looks like this?

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/gallery/showimage.php?i=42093

Looks to me like a young cricket or young ant of some sort.

Uncle Bob! :lol:

WOW! That thing looks nasty!

Not a termite. Looks like a young spider - the large front 'appendages' look like chelicera. Looks like 8 legs - can you check? Termites (and other insects) have 6 legs (3 pair) and spiders and allies have 8 (4 pair). Cheers!

Unless that thing is the size of a chihuaha, that's an amazing camera you used. Don't think it's a termite either.

OMG it looks like a CAMEL SPIDER KILL IT

I know that some can be found in Arizona

Not an NE subterranean termite for sure. Too much color.

Try this site.
http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/Questions/What is this pest.htm

Legs are way to big for it to be a termite, even if it had 6 legs. It would need to bore very large tunnels to fit through them. We have spiders here that look similar except black and man, can they jump!

Disregard - dumb suggestion...

Fechmup said:

A wasp or bee larvae???

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No - they look like typical 'grubs' (no legs, etc) - no large mouth parts (chelicera) which seem present in the pic. Cheers!

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FireBurn said:

OMG it looks like a CAMEL SPIDER KILL IT

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You are correct. Don't know how it got to Montana, but here is a link.

http://www.camelspiders.net/spiderpictures.htm

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Ja, Montana seems to be out of the way but they are in the US and Mexico.

Most people don't know that the camel spider can also be found in the southwest U.S. and Mexico. While the recent buzz is all about the Middle Eastern camel spider, its North American cousin has no shortage of tall tales. In Mexico, they're known as matevenados, which means "deer killers."

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termites can be ID'd by their non-segmented body---- it tx we have 2 types of houses---those with termites and those that will have termites..... but that looks like some kinda nasty hybrid spider....ewww

Blazin said:

FireBurn said:

OMG it looks like a CAMEL SPIDER KILL IT

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You are correct. Don't know how it got to Montana, but here is a link.

http://www.camelspiders.net/spiderpictures.htm

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According to one story in your link, they can make a sweet and cuddly pet...answer to their name...I think you should keep it. ;-)

I knew right away it was a camel spider, saw a ton of them in Iraq, we actually sorta had a fighting pit with them. Also saw some in the desert in California training but the American southwest ones are generally much smaller. They do not have colonies like ants or termites. I believe they are actually scientifically between real spiders and scorpions if I remember correctly. Don't let them get warm, they move insanely fast and have seen a couple nasty bites from them.

In the stove with 'em!!