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title: "Eastern Subterranean Termite"
description: "Reticulitermes flavipes — Owady i pająki. Reticulitermes flavipes, the eastern subterranean termite, is the most common termite found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/eastern-subterranean-termite
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Subterranean Termite

> Reticulitermes flavipes — Owady i pająki. Reticulitermes flavipes, the eastern subterranean termite, is the most common termite found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Reticulitermes flavipes*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 11824
- Wikidata: [Q1499375](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1499375)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119931](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119931)

## Names

- en: Eastern Subterranean Termite
- de: Gelbfüßige Bodentermite
- es: Termita subterránea
- fr: Termite à pattes jaunes
- nl: Eastern subterranean termite

## Countries with the most observations

US (1766), CA (10), MX (9), AR (7), ES (3)

## Summary

Reticulitermes flavipes, the eastern subterranean termite, is the most common termite found in North America. These termites are the most economically important wood destroying insects in the United States and are classified as pests. They feed on cellulose material such as the structural wood in buildings, wooden fixtures, paper, books, and cotton. A mature colony can range from 20,000 workers to as high as 5 million workers and the primary queen of the colony lays 5,000 to 10,000 eggs per year to add to this total.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulitermes_flavipes

## Photo

![Eastern Subterranean Termite](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-subterranean-termite/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Fones · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5249753

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-subterranean-termite?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).