Termite (specifically, a drywood termite alate or de-wing)

Found in dry wood, including structural timber, furniture, and dead tree limbs; they do not require contact with soil.

Herbivorous, specifically xylophagous; they feed on the cellulose found in dry wood and wood products.

Social insects that live in colonies within the wood they consume. Reproductive swarmers (alates) emerge to find new locations, shed their wings, and mate to begin new colonies.

Significant economic risk as they can cause structural damage to buildings and furniture; ecologically, they help decompose dead wood, returning nutrients to the soil.