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Termites

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The termites are out to night,but its early yet,later you can't even see the street lightpost-156436-0-47176200-1434635064_thumb.post-156436-0-69940300-1434635077_thumb.post-156436-0-19351500-1434635092_thumb.post-156436-0-70127300-1434635108_thumb.post-156436-0-63727300-1434635115_thumb.post-156436-0-19084400-1434635132_thumb.

Gather as many as you can, keep then until their wings drop off, get out the wok and stir fry.

Traditional Northern Thai delicacy.

No I've never tried it but a Lanna restaurant nearby offers these, or red ants.

our dog loves em and the tokay's[two]

There will be a lot of fat frogs as well....we had loads of the termites last few nights here in Nongki

Crap !

I go into panic termite killing mode if I see even 1 anywhere near my house ! I'd have the flamethrower and napalm going non-stop if I saw that many termites around my house !!

Er, um, termites look slightly different, what you've pictured are Mayflies/Fish flies or similar, they swarm in order to breed in very short timescales, a termite is something else entirely.

http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-a-Termite

you know nothing john snow.

termites they are indeed, as the helpful article you have posted bears out.

They are not termites - rather they are flying ants who live for only a few hours. You could sweep them up an get a nice Isan Lady to cook them in a nice sticky sauce!

I know A professional Termite exrterminator.He say's termites in Thailand are really bad with wood.He just said do not build your house out

Of wood,your asking for trouble.

The nice fat, juicy flying ants are Termites looking for sex.

Talking of building out of wood, houses built in termite prone areas in a lot of Australia use steel instead of timber.

Don't eat them, as they contain too much cholesterol. That's what some Thai people told me. Last time they came to my place, my pond was full... my fish are too small to eat them. So I had a few hours of work to get the dead bodies out of from the pond.

I know A professional Termite exrterminator.He say's termites in Thailand are really bad with wood.He just said do not build your house out

Of wood,your asking for trouble.

He is a genius !

They are not termites - rather they are flying ants who live for only a few hours. You could sweep them up an get a nice Isan Lady to cook them in a nice sticky sauce!

All the ones I see are termites. Maybe there are ants too.

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Er, um, termites look slightly different, what you've pictured are Mayflies/Fish flies or similar, they swarm in order to breed in very short timescales, a termite is something else entirely.

http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-a-Termite

Right,you don't see termites til it's too late.Built house of steel and super block,pre warned by the missus.

The insects from the OP are definitely termites and look nothing like Mayflies up close. Mayflies are slender while termites are plump in comparison. I could be wrong, but I also don't think that Mayflies shed their wings like the termites (and ants) do.

Sophon

Free food ! Get a tray, wet it and wave it about in the horde, shake off into a bowl (with a lid to stop them crawling out) and repeat, when enough, wok, hot oil and spices, flash fry the wings off.

  • 2 weeks later...

the basterd things are eating my bar, its a daily war against them, their fast f**kers

you won't know they're there until you lean on the bar!!

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