Sunday, July 22, 2012

Hundreds of termites dead and alive in a bait station


This photograph of a termite bait station was taken after the termites had been feeding on the bait for eight weeks. In the top right hand corner of the station you can see masses of termites huddled together, these termites are all very near death as they have consumed plenty of the toxicant designed to eliminate the colony.
In the bottom left corner when you look closely you will find that many of the termites here are dead and there is a "pile" of termite heads that have been "dumped after the rest of the colony cannibilised them.

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