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27 januari 2019
20:25 HKT
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15 december 2020
15:29 -03
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15 januari 2024
19:37 UTC
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Here we have one of my favorite termites from the Macrotermitinae subfamily: Pseudacanthotermes spiniger! While slightly smaller than its congener P. militaris i personally find these more interesting, especially for the very peculiar morphology of the minor soldier: very fast, long-legged, darkly colored and with huge antennae it almost look and move more like an ant than a termite. They strongly contrast with the more "traditional-looking" major soldiers, who in this species sport especially distended abdomens in order to accomodate copious quantities of defensive secretion (note that having being disturbed during collecting, several of those in the pics already largely exuded said secretion).
Note that the date is rounded up and might be off by a few days at most.
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22 oktober 2021
20:28 UTC
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9 december 2020
11:06 CET
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14 september 2021
23:37 SAST
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14 september 2021
20:44 -03
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6 mars 2021
17:12 UTC
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9 september 2021
19:14 UTC
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19 augusti 2019
14:21 SAST
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An abundance of termites! Something in the air caused clouds of alates to emerge. This created a feast for others.
Some alates burrowing. Many tried to burrow in the same spot, even in Harvester Ant nests (see gif). This did not seem to bother the Messors unduly, but they were chased away by an ant which I think is an Anoplolepis.
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19 maj 2021
06:21 UTC
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22 mars 2021
07:02 CET
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19 oktober 2019
09:08 CEST
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11 juli 2020
14:33 SAST
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14 augusti 2019
08:16 CAT
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10 augusti 2019
22:36 -03
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21 augusti 2019
13:22 CAT
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1 juni 2019
16:47 AWST
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She-oak-collecting Termites
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6 maj 2019
13:14 HST
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17 januari 2013
06:41 SAST
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Termite
Alates attracted to light before te irst rains of the season. Body length about 18mm
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19 september 2018
19:44 UTC
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18 mars 2019
19:31 UTC
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3 april 2014
19:30 SAST
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termites re-building
termites rebuilding after the recent heavy rains in an area of young Dichrostachys cinerea near the game reserve entrance buildings.
Largest termites in photo 1 no longer than about 5mm or so
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7 februari 2019
02:52 HST
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3 juni 2014
16:49 CEST
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Possibly Macrotermes sp.
This might have been the largest termite soldier I've ever seen.
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22 juni 2016
18:07 AKDT