Insect and Spider Identification: Are these termites?, 2 by fritchie21

fritchie21 wrote:
This afternoon we had a crazy, unexpected rain storm in Riverside, CA (we normally do NOT get rain at this time of year). While I was out photographing the rain, I noticed all these insects flying around, then landing on my mulched path. I stooped down to photograph them, and noticed that upon landing they seemed to pair up and then shed their wings! In the first pic you can see one with wings still on; in the second both insects have shed their wings, though you can see some of the discarded wings in the pic. Are these termites?