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termite - Kalotermes approximatus
Copyright © 2019 Steven Wang

termite - Kalotermes approximatus
Dr. P. Phillips Community Park, Orange County, Florida, USA
June 6, 2019
Size: ~5mm
Found nesting in standing dry wood. Wood was still pretty sound, hard to split open. Wish I had a machete!
Contributed by Steven Wang on 7 June, 2019 - 8:03am
Last updated 8 October, 2020 - 9:01pm

Moved
Moved from Light Southeastern Drywood Termite.
… Zhao J, 8 October, 2020 - 9:01pm

Moved
Moved from Epifamily Termitoidae - Termites. Tentatively placed in Incisitermes snyderi.
… Zhao J, 7 June, 2019 - 6:44pm

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