Animal Trivia : Ants and termites are not the same kind.

Ants and termites are not the same kind.

 Ants and termites are sometimes mistaken for each other, however they are very different insect groups. 

As for the kind of the creature, ants are close to bees and termites close to cockroaches. 

Ants and termites developed social behavior independently. There are several key distinctions between ants and termites in the details of social life.