In the colonies of these "white ants" 3 principal castes exist:  workers, soldiers & reproductives
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Termite Control - Regional Pest Management  Termites are known also as white ants, a misnomer based on superficial ... species, three principal castes exist: the reproductives, the soldiers, and the workers. ... true worker caste exists; undifferentiated nymphs do the work in these colonies.
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subterranean termites in queensland - Garrards  Three principal castes are recognised: workers, soldiers and reproductives (the ... 'white ants', the resemblance to ants is superficial and they ... colonies may exist for as long as 50 years. .... Australia and 10 of these occur in Queensland. Our.
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Insects, Their Ways and Means of Living/Chapter V - Wikisource, the ...  Dec 19, 2009 ... More fami]iar]y to some peop]e, termites are known as "white ants. ... In most species of termites the workers and the soldiers are blind, having .... [ ?3 6 ]. TERMITES. of the termite nursery calls for predigested wood .... These individuals constitute a third reproductive castethe wingless males and females.
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Ch Vi.ants and Termites - Scribd  Termites belong to the primitive Isoptera and thus have three stages of ... Ants tend and defend these insects like cows and may even build stables for them. ... Colonies of driver ants consist of major and minor workers. the same ants may kill ..... Harris 1940b) (Figure 6-11). soldiers and reproductives (Morstatt 1913a.196...
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Termite - Revolvy  Although these insects are often called white ants , they are not ants. ... Most worker and soldier termites are completely blind as they do not have a pair of eyes. ... The three basic segments of a termite antenna include a scape, a pedicel ... The reproductive caste of a mature colony includes a fertile female and male, known...
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Army ant - Wikipedia  The name army ant is applied to over 200 ant species, in different lineages, due to their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", in which huge numbers of ants forage simultaneously over a certain area. Another shared feature is that, unlike most ant species, army ants do not ... The workers of army ants are usually blind or can have compound eyes that...
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The Colony and Its Organization | MAAREC  Mid Atlantic Apiculture ...  Because she is the only sexually developed female, her primary function is ... After mating the queen returns to the hive and begins laying eggs in about 48...
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Research: Army Ant Emigration - DUJS Online - Dartmouth College  May 15, 2008 ... Army ants were more commonly found traveling on branches than on leaves or bare soil. ... They can influence tropical biodiversity by two mechanisms: (1) ... Every half hour, five categories of ant movement rates (number of ants per ... When the bivouac contained more than one column, the rates were...
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Polyergus moves forward, and a modest proposal for kidnapper ants  Oct 24, 2013 ... These insects are commonly known as slave-raiding ants, ... workers themselves do little other than kidnap immature brood from nearby Formica nests. .... they're stealing young ants from other colonies and making them work ..... That being said, the term slavery should not be used if it is offensive to...
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Ant - Wikipedia  Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, ..... Several ant species even use "propaganda pheromones" to confuse enemy ants and make them fight among themselves. Pheromones are...
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A small type of wasp, it normally builds its nest underground # Quiz ...  Jun 29, 2016 ... Robin Hill is the country home that Soames builds for Irene in the first ... These ants never build nests but occupy temporary bivouacs # Quiz #...
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BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Apis mellifera, honey bee ...  The food that a female larva receives determines whether it will be a queen or worker. ... Apis mellifera queens are the primary reproducers of the nest and all of the ..... Ways that people benefit from these animals: food; source of medicine or...
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Fire ant - Wikipedia  Fire ant is the common name for several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis. They are ... None of these names applies in all countries nor to all species of Solenopsis, nor ... Fire ants of those species invasive in the United States can be distinguished ... Colonies are founded by small groups of queens or single queens.
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Is the US military basically just a form of bread and circuses?  Oct 10, 2010 ... an enlisted man or woman, as distinguished from a commissioned officer: the soldiers' mess and the officers' mess. 3. ... female ants or termites specialized, as with powerful jaws, to defend the colony from invaders. 7.
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ADW: Formicidae: INFORMATION  Ants are placed in a single family, the Formicidae. They belong to the order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps, sawflies, and ichneumons.
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Slavemaker Ants  Slavemaking Ants are helotistic, meaning they oppress another species of ants ... as the slavemaking Ants lack the abilities to tend to the queen, raise young and ... Amazon slavemakers are separated from their slave, they will starve to death ... raid a colony of another species of ant, stealing eggs and bringing them back to...
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A man went on a journey: Termites  Oct 24, 2011 ... In Africa termites, also know as white ants, are ubiquitous. ... These anthills are as large or larger than a house. .... Having knocked over an anthill and eaten the panicking ants on the bottom ... Well, a few obvious whats are you don't build houses with wood and expect it to ... White ants repairing their home.
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How do I know if my queen ant is fertilized? (Teodora, Romania ...  Aug 30, 2012 ... Usually, ant queens shed their wings when they are inseminated and ready to ... However, these do not reproduce and once they die, you can...
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All about Ant | ottosuseno  Oct 17, 2015 ... Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory ... Their long co-evolution with other species has led to mimetic, ... Once the colony has established itself, the queen ant will lay eggs ..... In ant species with queen castes, when the dominant queen stops producing a specific pheromone,...
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termite | insect | Britannica.com  Termite (order Isoptera), any of a group of cellulose-eating insects, the social ... Even though termites are not closely related to ants, they are sometimes referred to as white ants. ... that the closest relative to the termite is the cockroach; for this reason termites are .... These nests are constructed by workers or old nymphs.
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The Colony and Its Organization | MAAREC  Mid Atlantic Apiculture ...  These fascinating behaviors make social insects in general, and honey bees in ... A honey bee colony typically consists of three kinds of adult bees: workers, drones, and a ... Individual bees (workers, drones, and queens) cannot survive without the ... from fertilized eggs or from young worker larvae not more than 3 days old.