Fantastic disguise (mimicry).

"The new beetle species (Austrospirachtha carrijoi)—found beneath the soil in Australia’s Northern Territory—emulates a termite by enlarging its abdomen, a phenomenon known as physogastry. Evolution has reshaped this body part into a highly realistic replica of a termite (as seen above), head and all, which rides on top of the rest of the beetle’s body."

https://www.science.org/content/article/beetle-grows-termite-back-steal-food

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> I'm attempeting something that scientists and agriculturalists haven't managed to pull off.
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Termite mounds have a sophisticated ventilation system that enables air circulation throughout the structure. This helps to maintain and regulate temperature and humidity. The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Materials, show a structure for buildings based on termite mounds that facilitates indoor climate control. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-climate-friendly-air-conditioning-termites.html

I find this weirdly fascinating. Some #ants and some #termites have created a demilitarised zone of sorts.

Workers are moving down lines and guards from each group are standing face to face.

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I found this little mud house on the side of my house today. Anyone know what type of critter it belongs to?

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New on Entomology Today: Meet entomologist Sang-Bin Lee, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Florida, termite expert, national park explorer, and subject of the next installment of our "Standout Early Career Professionals" series. #entomolgy #insects #termites https://entomologytoday.org/2023/05/18/urban-entomologist-pandemic-challenges-sang-bin-lee-standout-early-career-professional/

AAAS: "Aboriginal knowledge links Australia's 'fairy circles' to termites" Australian Aboriginals have provided insights which may help settle a debate about the origin of these mysterious small patches of barren earth. "Some ecologists think the patches, found in arid grasslands in Australia and Namibia, result from plants competing for water and nutrients." But a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution argues this explanation ignores an alternative perspective. Thousands of yrs of Aboriginal knowledge incorporated into paintings + stories tell a different tale, that the circles 'stem in part from underground nests of flying harvester termites.' Australia's original peoples gathered them for food + other uses. "Dozens of Aboriginal elders and experts, listed as co-authors on the new paper, shared this traditional knowledge with partners at Australian research institutions." The confirmation came from digging trenches in the patches, known locally in Western Australia as linyji, which revealed extensive termite tunnels. "The authors say the results offer a lesson for scientists who ignore the traditional knowledge of Indigenous people." There you've heard it, another win for the home team. The photos are of an aerial photograph (first image) and a 1976 painting (second image) by Aboriginal artist Kaapa Tjampitjinpa. F. WALSH ET AL., NAT. ECOL. EVOL., 10.1038/S41559-023-01994-1 (2023)   #termites    #aboriginalart

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A group of #termites is called a colony.
A colony of termites.

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New on Entomology Today: Termites' wood-heavy diet offers little nitrogen, a critical nutrient for growth and reproduction. But their exoskeletons are nitrogen rich, and new research shows that eating shed exoskeletons after molting is a core strategy for recycling nitrogen throughout the termite colony and boosting the queen's egg-laying. #insects #termites #entomology https://entomologytoday.org/2023/03/09/nitrogen-nosh-termites-consume-molted-exoskeletons-exuviae/

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For #FossilFriday meet an ancestor of today's #cockroaches, #mantises and #termites. This lovely #insect is Sysciophlebia, and lived ~295 million years ago, in what is today Germany. It was 3.6cm long, and was a female. How do we know? Well, that structure highlighted in red is the ovipositor, which is used to lay eggs. And while this is quite cockroach-like in appearance, modern cockroaches lay eggs in an egg case, the ootheca.

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"#Termites contribute about 40% of the [arthropod] biomass in the soil; #ants, #springtails, and #mites contribute about 10% each!" 🌎🐜🕷️

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq4049