Clicking, tapping, and headbanging.

The loudest sound that termites produce comes from head banging. They bang their heads on the walls whenever they feel threatened. As soon as they bang their heads or shake their bodies against the sides of their tunnels, they produce a vibration that warns others of the threat.
Head-banging is supposed to alert the other termites in the colony of the disturbance in their homes and provoke evacuation. Note that all termites are deaf so they can only detect th...  more