I saw a termite "migration" a few weeks ago (I think that's what it was, I haven't looked it up). Never seen anything like it. It was very interesting. (SW USA

I saw a termite "migration" a few weeks ago (I think that's what it was, I haven't looked it up). Never seen anything like it. It was very interesting. (SW USA desert). It happened outside at dusk after a few days of rain. I saw this swarm of winged insects kind of flitting about, really weird, almost surreal. I hadn't seen that kind before and followed them to the edge of the yard. There were a bunch of tiny holes with more of the winged insects emerging. Surrounding the holes were what I suppose were worker termites with no wings. A big mass of them completely surrounding each hole, guarding it as the winged ones emerged. Meanwhile big harvester ants were trying to get in and grab the emerging winged termites and the "worker" termites were mobbing them with 5 or 10 termites swarming each ant and clinging to it's legs or climbing on and I presume biting them. The ants were trying to shake them off. I did see one or two ants that successfully had captured a winged termite and were on the way back to the burrow with them. I had no idea there were even termites there. Anyway it was super neat, the coordination and guarding and fending off of the harvester ants.