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Termites in rotten wood of a tree hole
Bicentennial Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017
It's not unusual to see the huge, endless termite mounds to be decorated in various ways! The mounds in this part of the top end were large, tall and sharply pointed unlike further south where their shape changed.. The soil colour changed in various parts - some more white and sandy depending on the location. But there were millions of them!
It is not unusual to see tree trunks covered in the same red material - an indication the termites are building nearby. The nest themselves are underground and the termite tower is the ventilation shaft!
The lack of any eyes make this a little more difficult to compose - what to focus on? The lighting is a gelled backlight, which manages to shine through the entirety of the body.
This massive insectoid robot is designed for long operations in remote locations. The 4 solar drums on its back absorb enough energy from the sun to keep its core functions online for extended periods, and waste products are expelled in a green acid that can be used offensively. We're gonna need a bigger can of bug spray!
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Spiffy reflections on (and from) the EMP, and some attempt at a nice composition with those dratted safety bars. This one's a tiny bit different, and it came out darker (showing the reflections on the sidewalk better). I can't decide which picture is best.
Ants & termite - Amazonian foothills, Ecuador
Some sort of unidentified ants with an unidentified dead or dying termite.
Peters' dwarf frog (Engystomops petersi) & termites - Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
A juvenile Engystomops overlooks an all you can eat smorgasbord of termites that were expanding their nest. The termite's activity attracted atleast two species of frogs with three individuals relentlessly consuming termites. Other predators were apparent as well such as spider and harvestmen. The frogs all ate many dozens or 100s of termites. However the termite colony will probably hardly notice the loss and daily life will continue as normal.
Dotted Humming frog (Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata) & termites - Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
Sitting by a termite nest watched a pair of peters' dwarf frogs sitting on top of it picking off termites that were constructing their nest... I was surprised to see this 3rd frog hopping out of the dark and across the leaf litter directly towards the nest. It stopped at the edge and began to munch on the termites near ground level. It may not look it but it was voracious and a horribly efficient predator in no time it had eaten dozens of termites and there were none left lower down, it began moving up propping itself up against the nest grabbing termites that were higher up and would have been out of reach otherwise.
The next in my series of steampunk inspired creepy crawlies. More of a generic bug that wasn't initially meant to be a termite, just what it kinda looked like in the end. I'll be posting one each day until I have them all photographed concluding with a group shot of them. Each standard photo will be accompanied by an "in the wild" photograph of them.
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The yellow-necked spurfowl or yellow-necked francolin (Pternistis leucoscepus) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. This species is named for the yellow patch found on its neck. Males of this species have spurs on the back of their legs.
They are most active at dawn and dusk. The bird is also noted to be very adaptable, it can continue to live in land after agriculture begins, it only leaves lands when heavy human occupation begins.
The call of a yellow-necked spurfowl is a series of scratchy descending upslurs, up to seven in a series. Male yellow-necked spurfowl often call while standing on top of mounds of earth or rock, often termite mounds.
Captured during a Photography safari on an early morning game drive in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.