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Reticulitermes
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Copyright © 2008
Mike "troll" Dame
termite monolith -
Reticulitermes
antioch/black diamond mines preserve, contra costa County, California, USA
May 2, 2008
Size: 2cm tall +/-
one of the occupants
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Contributed by
Mike "troll" Dame
on 2 May, 2008 - 5:54pm
Last updated 3 February, 2019 - 9:41pm
Moved
Moved from
Subterranean Termites
.
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Zhao J
, 3 February, 2019 - 9:41pm
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Moved
Moved from
Termites
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I'm not an expert, but I think it's safe to call them subterranean termites based on the context... Yours looks a lot like
Reticulitermes
but I don't know what the other genera look like.
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Charley Eiseman
, 15 May, 2008 - 12:04pm
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thanx Charley
being able to call them subterranean termites now is more then i knew about them before
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Mike "troll" Dame
, 15 May, 2008 - 7:36pm
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