Photograph the insect — or the pile of shed wings it left on the windowsill. Two independent AI models check it, and you only get an answer when both agree.
Download on the App StoreNo account. Your photo is deleted the moment the check finishes.
Only 36% of US homeowners can recognise the signs of a termite infestation. Termites mean a bill inside the walls; flying ants mean nothing at all. This app answers that one question.
What you actually find is rarely an insect — it's a pile of shed wings on a sill. Other identifiers classify an organism, and a shed wing has no organism. Four equal wings mean termite; two unequal pairs mean ant.
Every photo goes to two independent AI models. You get TERMITE only when both say termite. When they disagree you get an honest not sure and a tip for a better photo — never a coin flip on a decision this expensive.
The photo is uploaded, read by the two models, and deleted the moment the check finishes — whether it succeeded or not. Only the verdict is kept, and it stays on your phone. No account, no ads, ever.
A harmless 2 mm booklouse and a 10 mm termite look identical in a close-up, because a photograph carries no scale. So the app won't spend a check until you confirm a coin, a fingertip or a card edge is beside the insect.
Species-level swarm windows for your ZIP: R. flavipes in April–May, Formosan on May nights around outdoor lights, drywood in the autumn. Turn on one heads-up before your local species flies.
Mud tubes, frass, blistered paint, hollow-sounding wood, wing piles — the five things an inspector looks for, with somewhere to note what you find. Never behind the paywall, on any plan.
Three features separate a termite swarmer from a flying ant. The app checks all three and marks them on your own photo.
| Termite swarmer | Flying ant | |
|---|---|---|
| Antennae | Straight and beaded, like a tiny string of pearls | Clearly elbowed — bent at a joint partway along |
| Waist | Broad and straight-sided, no pinch at all | Sharply pinched, wasp-like |
| Wings | Four wings, all the same size, far longer than the body | Two pairs of different sizes; front pair noticeably longer |
| Shed wings | Drop off in piles on sills and in cobwebs — the classic find | Usually stay attached |
And the one thing a photo can't show: size. Those three tests tell a termite from an ant — but a 1–2 mm booklouse on the same windowsill passes all three. Only scale rules it out, which is why the app asks for a coin in the frame before it will answer.
Three steps, about a minute, at 11pm if that's when you found them.
The insect, or just the wings — lay two or three flat, side by side. Put a coin or a fingertip next to them for scale.
Both read the antennae, the waist and the wings, and rule out the harmless look-alikes first. Usually a few seconds.
Termite, flying ant, or an honest not-sure — then what to do in the next 24 hours, and the checklist an inspector would walk.
The safety guidance and the inspection checklist are free forever. Paying is for people who want to keep checking.
An answer in about a minute, at the hour you actually find them — not in five business days.
Download on the App StoreTermite Identifier is an identification aid, not a pest inspection, and it cannot tell you how far an infestation has spread. A termite or not-sure result should be confirmed on site by a licensed inspector.