Australia Tree Termites

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia Tree Termites

 


 
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Termites are insects that human don’t appreciate as they damage wood. Termites are known to build their nest also in trees. They build quite large nests; they are known to be social insects. Termites are easily compared to ants but are not ants. Termites often have light brown to white bodies; they have darker head and have no waist between the thorax and the abdomen. The termites live in cool and dark nests, which are usually constructed in soils mounds, underground or in trees, the five main type of nests are the tree wood which is inside a tree, pole nest (telegraph poles or fence posts), tree nests which is usually outside a tree connected to the interne cavity, ground mounds and subterranean nests (at tree bases, underground, in the soil).

 
 
 

 

Tree Termites

 

 

 

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