by chris poehlmann | Mar 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Add a word to your vocabulary: “exuviae” Have you ever wondered why you never see cast off exoskeletons that the colony members shed during molting? Here is an interesting article that tells you why. Nothing goes to waste in a termite colony. You might...
by chris poehlmann | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
After mating termite kings and queens are super parents until they can pass off the parenting duties to their first offspring. Then they can get down to the sole business of colony expansion through high speed egg production. Check out the term “eusocial”...
by chris poehlmann | Sep 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
An interesting symbiotic relationship results in benefits for a giant mushroom and its termite partners. Check out this amazing story of coevolution....
by chris poehlmann | Sep 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you have noticed some very, very small organisms cohabitating with the colony in your Termitat you might be looking at a very interesting insect like animal called a proturan. These tiny “commensal” (commensalism: relationship where one organism...
by chris poehlmann | Apr 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
See this interesting article: https://www.insidescience.org/news/termites-cannibalize-their-co-workers-good-colony Why do you rarely see deceased termites in the Termitat? Termites deal with deaths of colony members in a way to protect the colony as a whole....
