termites in English

noun
1
a small, pale soft-bodied insect that lives in large colonies with several different castes, typically within a mound of cemented earth. Many kinds feed on wood and can be highly destructive to trees and timber.
Dwarf mongooses mainly feed on insects like termites , locusts, beetles, grubs, larvae and spiders.

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1. Controlling Carpenter Ants and Termites

2. This spray will exterminate the termites.

3. Review Campsites Termites sleeping - Lakefield National Park

4. Into winged Apterans (reproductive ants and termites) and

5. A single Aardwolf can consume 200,000 termites in …

6. Haven't you ever heard of saw-tooth termites?

7. Termites[Sentence dictionary], more nutritious than rump steak!

8. In northern Australia, termites memorialise their industry in sculpture.

9. The federation is a breeding ground for such termites

10. Actually Borate treatment for termites is a white, powdery substance.

11. The worker termites are small and wingless, with soft bodies.

12. They kill roaches, moths, flies, silverfish, and termites. Centipedes use …

13. Once established, Formosan termites have never been eradicated from an area.

14. Termites are sophisticated architects, having invented effective air conditioning and concrete.

15. You can call a similar mound built by termites an Anthill too

16. 5 He tried to devise a foolproof plan for getting rid of termites.

17. Aardwolves are insectivores, relying on termites for the majority of their diet.

18. Perhaps you also agree that lowly termites qualify to be called ingenious engineers.

19. Apes An ape using a stick as a tool to dig out termites

20. The termites polish and then cement one tiny grain of sand onto another.

21. Aardvarks can eat up to 60 thousand termites a day! Aardvarks are good swimmers.

22. 28 Termites are an important part of the diet of the nine - banded armadillo.

23. Soil - eating African termites make up over 10 per cent of the rainforest animal biomass .

24. Plesiorycteropus was probably a digging animal that fed on insects such as termites and ants.

25. Giant Anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) are specialized insectivores and consume mainly ants and termites in the wild

26. An aardwolf may consume up to 250,000 termites per night using its sticky, long tongue.

27. 25 A single bug may catch ten or more termites in succession in this way.

28. Butterflies, termites, zebras, all these animals, and many more, use telepathy to transmit orders and relay information.

29. Because carpenter Ants and termites are so different, effective control measures are also different for each

30. A solitary and nocturnal member of the hyena family, the Aardwolf specializes in feeding on termites

31. Aardvark usually closes its nostrils while eating, so that termites and ants cannot enter its nose

32. For centuries, people have consumed bugs, everything from beetles to caterpillars, locusts, grasshoppers, termites, and dragonflies.

33. This model is not just in the development of the law termites Attract does newspaper and education

34. Anteaters use their strong front legs and heavy claws to break open nests of ants and termites

35. Centipedes are carnivorous and eat soft-bodied insects such as spiders, termites, silverfish, and even other Centipedes

36. Borates also effectively control termites, carpenter ants, a variety of beetles, and many other wood-boring insects

37. Termite Cocoons Do Termites Make Cocoons? To answer this question we must first establish what a cocoon is

38. Since their eyesight is limited the Aardvark is always cautious when leaving their burrow to forage for termites.

39. Anteater definition is - any of several mammals that feed largely or entirely on ants or termites: such as.

40. And so my house came down, I received my first patent against carpenter ants, termites and fire ants.

41. House Centipedes are known for killing the most unwelcome pests in your house — roaches, moths, flies, silverfish and termites

42. Unlike aardvarks, Aardwolves usually leave the termite mounds intact, preferring to lick termites off the surface of the soil

43. Anthill (plural Anthills) A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites

44. This liquid rapidly hardens on contact with air, producing a sticky substance that traps ants and other termites.

45. Borates diffuse deep into wood fibers to control termites and other wood-eating insects as well as wood destroying fungi

46. Or we could radically change the way we build things if we have our tiny robots work the same way that termites do, and they build these incredible eight-meter-high mounds, effectively well ventilated apartment buildings for other termites in Africa and Australia.

47. Borate wood preservatives are composed of naturally occurring minerals that protect wood from fungus, termites, and other wood-decomposing organisms

48. Anteater is a common name for the four extant and toothless mammal species commonly known for eating Ants and Termites

49. Around 330 species of termites in twelve genera of the subfamily Macrotermitinae cultivate a specialised fungus in the genus Termitomyces.

50. Alates would fly only if free of contact with other termites of the colony and in the presence of light.