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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites » Subterranean Termites (Rhinotermitidae)
Photo#1447782
insect sign?
Copyright © 2017 Charles Schurch Lewallen

insect sign?
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
September 29, 2017
I looked in Charlies book but could not find this.

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insect sign? insect sign?
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 29 September, 2017 - 11:15am
Last updated 2 October, 2017 - 10:16am

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Moved from Unidentified Signs on and in Wood.

Agreed.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 October, 2017 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

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This looks like Termite mud-construction to me, but let's wait for an expert opinion. If you poke at it and then flakes of it start to fall off, sometimes you will see tunnels and the "little chompers" running and hiding from the light. (lizard food)
If you go back on subsequent days, you may notice expansions of the original artwork. After a while, it looks as if the mud was dripping upwards, in stages that fan out from the earlier mud-packing sessions.
… Bob Biagi, 29 September, 2017 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

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