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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The termites are a group of social insects. As truly social animals, they are termed eusocial along with the ants and some bees and wasps. Termites mostly feed on dead plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, soil, or animal dung, and about 10% of the estimated 4,000 species are economically significant as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings, crops or plantation forests. Termites are major detrivores, particularly in the subtropical and tropical regions, and their recycling of wood and other plant matter is of considerable ecological importance.
Termites live in colonies that, at maturity, number from several hundred to several million individuals. They are a prime example of decentralised, self-organised systems using swarm intelligence and use this cooperation to exploit food sources and environments that could not be available to any single insect acting alone. A typical colony contains nymphs (semi-mature young), workers, soldiers, and reproductive individuals of both genders, sometimes containing several egg-laying queens. |
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- bri
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(2261) - [2009-05-20 9:30]
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Hi Sandra,
Congratulations on getting so close to these - Im scratching already! - I think you could enlarge the image to the Max. TL limit, it looks a bit small so I can not tell from this size which is the best focus - good effort tho. Best wishes
Bri
