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Soldier termites have large, dark heads with powerful mandibles for crushing predators that threaten the colony. In some species, soldiers are twice as large as worker termites, and may spray noxious chemicals from a snout on the front of their head. Soldier termites are about 7/16 to 3/8 inch long.
Worker termites usually constitute the greatest number of individuals in a colony. they do the work if the colony: gathering food, maintaining and repairing, and feeding all the other castes. They are not involved in reproduction and have no compound eyes. They are males and females whose reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics have not developed. Workers bodies are mostly white and often colored by the food they are eating, for this can be seen in the gut tissue through their thin cuticle. Generally yellow/brownish with one wing.