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Flying termites, ngumbi in Chichewa & inshwa in Shona, which are the mating caste that swarm at this time of the year.
A unique perspective on a 3 million year old termite frozen in copal amber! I took this photo with a scanning microscope objective and a combination of extension tubes
A colony of Nasute termites I found under some bark. You see eggs, workers, soldiers and nymphs of various stages here.
Termite mounds in the Northern Territory outback have long been decorated and dressed up in clothing and other obscure items. The decorated mounds are popular among tourists, who can often be seen getting photographs beside them (photo: ABC/ Emma Sleath)
Whenever it rains, millions of these fly into our bathroom and die all over the place.
They would be quite beautiful if they weren't so annoying (and disgusting, particularly when they die in your cup)...
© David K. Edwards. The termite nest rears up over the veldt like a giant cobra! And it may be too late to call Terminix®!
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These termites were probably protecting their home, in the Wandoo country, standing on newly built columns of dirt. A thunderstorm had dropped a shower of rain in the area a couple of days before we were here so the clay was soft and malleable.
Order: Isoptera
Family: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae › Nasutitermes sp Thanks Farhan for the ID
In October 2010 a termite inspector named these as Nasutitermes intermedias a termite which he has only seen once in his many years of termite inspector.
" Arboreal termites:
These termites have nasute soldiers with a brown to black head and a conical "nose" through which they can squirt a defensive liquid. However, some arboreal species in Asia Microcerotermes do not have nasute soldiers. Workers are larger than soldiers. They usually damage wood that is moist and decayed, but sometimes they feed on sound wood, as well as paper.
Not sure on what tags are needed here..." www.chem.unep.ch/pops/termites/termite_ch3.htm
Apparently this is the largest termite mound - taken in Mataranka - although I reckon we saw bigger ones! They were everywhere.
Recently released their alates, right in my room. Luckily my light was off so I could quickly rig a light outside to lure them out.
So what's the best way to get rid of them without killing myself in the process? I'm very reluctant to use arsenic based termiticides.
My first shot of members of the Isoptera order. These ones have a big nest the size of a soccer ball further up the tree, about 2.5 m off the ground. They connect their nest down to the ground by pathways along the tree trunk which they cover with some really hard substance. Looks like mud with small rocks in it. Got this shot after prying some of the cover from one of these paths.
My best guess so far that they're workers of the Microcerotermes sp. Family Termitidae
Will keep my eyes peeled if I can find any other cast members.
Purnululu National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bungle Bungle Ranges
Kimberley Western Australia
Termites build their nests high up on the side of the cone Karsts to escape flash floods
Ryan spotted what we could only presume to be a termite mound. Mind you, with the general Fallout-ish feel of the place we wouldn't have been terribly surprised if a giant worker ant had crawled out.
Photographing stars you usually need a compass - but not in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory in Australia. Some termites here somehow managed to use the magnetic field of our earth to build this unique kind of mounds, which are alligned from north to south. They look like flat tombstones, but their secret is that the sun warms up the eastern side first after cold nights, while the midday sun only reaches a small part of it directly - so it never gets too hot inside.
Kenya. Baringo county.
BARINGO LAKE and the POKOT PEOPLE VIDEO
Morning guided hike with Augustine. (local guide, living in the village next to Soi Safari lodge
Had hoped to add a few photos and or anecdotes regularly but as is to be expected in Africa, things are never quite reality before they have happened. One of the very few things that appeared to actually work in DRC is the cellphone system so I had hoped to have regular internet access with my "dongle". Unfortunately the cellphone system has decided to behave like everything else and has been mostly non functional. It is back now but could be gone again any minute so better make use of it.
Apparently the Chinese influence in Africa has become so prominent that even termites in the forests of DR Congo have started building pagodas.
Magnetic termites are so called because their termite hills all face magnetic north. They are really thin and ensure that the maximum surface area is in shade. Inside the termite hill is a constant temperature. Isn't nature wonderful?
A adult termite leaving the nest for the first time, hopefully to find her true first kiss! Or whatever terminates do
For our Joy and the Glory of Jesus, through whom all things were made (1 Thessalonians 5:16 & John 1:3)
Hunting for something this morning, I found a stick in my jacket pocket. I was about to put it on my shelf with other odd bits of nature when I saw something moving!
I guessed termite - hunted up a magnifying glass and my camera -- peered, took photos. Found insect book -- termite still a maybe. This wasn't a happy critter and I kept wanting to release it - but the urge to get in close prevailed. Oh, dear. Poor bug. I put the container with the stick in a bigger container and poked holes. Then forgot it for a while. It was in severe distress when I came back (not enough air?) When I let in air, two more family members appeared. Also apparently relieved to get some air! Now the urge to sketch took over my humane impulses as well - you see the results here - not clearly a termite yet - but still likely. My $3 magnifying glass is not the best tool for this job.
Size: 3 mm long.
Released into wooded area between apartment complexes. I imagined them happy, exploring their new territory.
More research makes termite, worker caste, very likely. Also found this:
"TERMITES as bioreactors: The U.S. Department of Energy is researching ways to replace fossil fuels with renewable sources of cleaner energy, and termites are considered a possible way to reach this goal through metagenomics.[11]
Termites may produce up to two litres of hydrogen from digesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.[12] Termites achieve this high degree of efficiency by exploiting the metabolic capabilities of about 200 different species of microbes that inhabit their hindguts.
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Ryan spotted what we could only presume to be a termite mound. Mind you, with the general Fallout-ish feel of the place we wouldn't have been terribly surprised if a giant worker ant had crawled out.
Ryan spotted what we could only presume to be a termite mound. Mind you, with the general Fallout-ish feel of the place we wouldn't have been terribly surprised if a giant worker ant had crawled out.