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Black Termite

Macrotermes carbonarius

Photo by Richard Ong
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Black termite dealated Queen - the *dealated Queen will tip her abdomen up in the air and releases sex pheromone into the air to attract males (ie Kings).

*dealated: divested of the wings - used of postnuptial adults of insects (as ants) that drop their wings after a nuptial flight

Notes:

Blattodea; Termitidae; Macrotermitinae

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Comments (6)
Richard Ong
@AshleyT thankyou very much Project Noah.!
AshleyT
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
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PublishedJuly 21, 2019

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