Dismantling of a New Structure Associated With Foraging in the West African Termite Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann) (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)

A quantitative study of seasonal foragin

A quantitative study of seasonal foraging by the grass harvesting termite,Trinervitermes geminatus(Wasmann), (Isoptera, Nasutitermitinae) in Southern Guinea savanna, Mokwa, Nigeria

✍ C. E. Ohiagu 📂 Article 📅 1979 🏛 Springer-Verlag 🌐 English ⚖ 490 KB

Trinervitermes geminatus (Wasmann) harvests standing grass tussocks which are cut into pieces and carried back to the nest. During this activity a certain proportion is left on the soil surface as litter whilst some is ingested. Foraging is mainly accomplished during the dry season (mid-October to t