BarbecueCowboy ,

If we kill them, do all the other termites turn back into normal ants?

FlyingSquid OP ,
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The common ancestor of termites and ants is a lot more distant than you think.

Termites evolved from cockroaches and ants evolved from wasps.

https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=9358

On the other hand, the answer is that the other termites all turn into crabs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

MonkderDritte , (edited )

Ah, queen and drone being able to fly is a leftover from wasps?

And yeah, the end of all arthropoda is always crabs.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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I am guessing yes. And the formic acid stinger some ants have is a leftover too.

shasta ,

No, they just all die

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