IRG 40 Beijing, China IRG 40 Beijing, China Building with termites ...
IRG 40 Beijing, China IRG 40 Beijing, China Building with termites ...
IRG 40 Beijing, China IRG 40 Beijing, China Building with termites ...
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<strong>Building</strong><br />
<strong>with</strong> termite<br />
<strong>IRG</strong> <strong>40</strong> <strong>Beijing</strong>,<br />
<strong>China</strong><br />
May 2009<br />
Nest structure of Coptotermes mounds.<br />
• the outer walls of C.<br />
lacteus mounds vary in<br />
thickness from 20 – 60cm.<br />
• The walls are not solid, but<br />
contain galleries, some of<br />
which are quite large<br />
towards the top of the<br />
mound and probably held<br />
pre-flight alates.<br />
• the clay wall of the<br />
mounds is distinctly<br />
separate from the interior<br />
carton, both by the change<br />
in material (from clay to<br />
primarily faecal material)<br />
and by a lattice-like layer of<br />
very fine carton of little<br />
structural strength
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