New source of swiftlet food - Flying termites 小飞虫，燕子食物新篇

Flying termites

Flying termites or termite swarmers/alates swarm during the right climatic conditions, such as after a rainy spell following a dry season. But they don’t just appear, the termite colony has to produce this special caste, which it does from time to time (some more frequent than others). During certain periods, some nymphs will develop into reproductive males and females with wings; once they develop and mature, these alates will then fly from the nest at the right time.


Normally after rain of a hot day, these insects will appear to reproduce. They are the future KING and Queen for new nest BUT also they are the juicy food with nutrient for swiftlet on the sky!


We hope by creating a suitable environment for these insects somewhere near your birdhouse, thousand of these will fly out from soil providing swiftlet plenty of food.