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Termite Types: Multi Site Nesters

Nesting behaviour

Colony will live in multiple pieces of wood
‘Subterranean' = able to burrow through soil (and so find more wood)
Medium queens
Medium colony sizes (< 00,000s of termites)
Colony lifespan increased

Examples: Mastotermes darwiniensis, Heterotermes spp. and Schedorhinotermes spp.

Reproduction and life cycles

Two developmental lines:

‘winged line'
‘wingless line'

Flexible development all individuals might eventually mature into winged or wingless reproductives

Reproduction Diagram

E.g. Mastotermes, Heterotermes and Schedorhinotermes

Life Cycle


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