TERMITES
Insect - Invertebrate - Herbivore
Insect - Invertebrate - Herbivore
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QUEEN TERMITE SURROUNDED BY WORKERS
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Male: Bull
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Female: Cow
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Young: Larva
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TERMITES
There are about 4,000 termite species.
There are about 4,000 termite species.
- Colonies are found in the ground or in wood.
- Have wings that they shed once they have found a suitable place to nest.
- A colony may house several million individuals.
- Most prefer a warm, moist environment.
- Feed on each other's faeces.
- Are descended from a cockroach-like ancestor.
- Are very sociable and well groomed.
- Queens can lay thousands of eggs per day.
- Queens can live up to 50 years.
- Workers build and maintain the nest - foraging for and storing wood, leaf litter, soil and animal dung.
- Soldiers defend the nest.
- Workers and soldiers are blind.
- When a soldiers detect danger, they tap warning signals to the colony.
- Never sleep.
- Mounds can be very tall.
- Eat through wood twice as fast when listening to rock music.
- Like the smell of biro ink.
Visit: Termites . COLLECTIVE NOUNS
TERMITE WORKERS EATING WOOD
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GIRAFFE AT TERMITE MOUND IN BOTSWANA
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