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Thanks fellows for your input! Hausdok, you've got the point that I am hoping they are not drywood termites which seem to have a small number of swarmers. The pest inspector did a good probing up in the roof area and also a full inspection of the house. Nothing obvious was found, but some minor old termite damage which had been treated before ( I was aware of this as revealed in the pre-purchase inspection report years ago). The pest guy's point is that there should be a lot more discarded wings and bugs (thousands as he said) if there is a nest in the structure. As to the species, those swarming outside appear more yellowish and uniform in terms of size. The ones coming out of roof seem a lot darker and their size varies but generally speaking smaller, look similar though. Maybe same species but a different colony? A younger or less developed colony? Any thoughts?

I'm glad I found this wonderful place! Hope you experts here can point me to the right direction. We've had a few outdoor termite swarm events in this area recently (yes it's spring now here in Australia) and earlier last week, at about 5pm, I saw a few (less than 10) swarmers coming out from my roof manhole cracks. Managed to catch one as sample and called a local pest inspector straight away, who came along the next day, went up to the roof void and found a few (not too many) discarded wings near the manhole. He's pretty confident they were just outdoor swarmers blown in by wind through gaps around my roof. But it's 5pm only and still very bright outside (thanks to daylight saving). How would they fly into a pitch dark roof space? Aren't they all attracted to light? Anyway, need some help with its identification as I'm a bit scared if they are dry wood termites nesting in the roof. The bug in the picture was the smallest one while the others were bigger. Any advice is much appreciated! Click to Enlarge 31.35 KB Download Attachment: P1030597.JPG 496.7 KB Click to Enlarge 33.95 KB