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I just saw this image in a video about termites. The video was OK, clearly made by someone who likes termites but very thin on sources and no crediting for any of the images. This image seems impossible to me. There aren't any termites with wasp like faces like this are there? I know a few termites have larger eyes, but... this looks like an AI mash up.

I tried to do a reverse image search?Found more monstrosities. Such as the second image which exterminators are using to scare people.

What looks like a real macro photo of an insect. It has a head shaped like an ant with mandibles and ant eyes, but there are two smaller mandible like mouth parts inside almost like a centipede. The textures look very realistic.
A "termite" with what I can only call non-functional teeth. It has pincers like solider termites often do, large eyes that look more like termite eyes can when they are large... I'm just feeling confused.
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