#Termite

2025-10-31

These adorable creatures are Nasutitermes walkeri, the native Australian tree #termite! Accidentally damaged their tube while trying to photograph something else, which exposed them for this photo!

#WildOz #OzInverts #MacroPhotography #Meanjin #Brisbane #Australia #Nature #Arthropod #Insect #Termites

Worker and soldier termites exposed in an opened termite tube on a tree.
2025-10-01

On Day 1 of European Galaxy Days, Mina Hojat Ansari presented FAIRYMAGS: A Galaxy Workflow for MAG Recovery Applied to Termite Microbiomes.
Read more: elixir-europe.org/how-we-work/

@galaxyfreiburg
#termite #EGD2025 #microbiomes #workflow #genome_assembly #galaxyproject #workflows #metagenome #eosc #fair #open_science

FAIRYMAGS: A Galaxy Workflow for MAG Recovery Applied to Termite Microbiomes
2025-09-27

#Socialinsect #nests are #ecosystems with a #diversity of #organisms.
In #leafcutterant #Atta #texana nests, mite #Histiostoma #bakeri reduces harmful #fungi in detritus chambers (S.F. Wirth & J.C. Moser 2008).
A. Panchal et al. (2025) found #termite #Odontotermes #obesus to reduce harmful fungi from its food #funguscultivar using fungicides of #bacteria.

©#StefanFWirth

Ref
(2008)
Proceed. 6th EURAAC

(2025)
doi.org/10.1126/science.adr2713

pic
O. obesus, Nikhil More, 2020,
creativecommons.org/licenses/b

Original file description:"Odontotermes obesus is a species of termite in the family Termitidae. It is native to tropical southwestern Asia. This termite cultivates a symbiotic fungus in a special chamber in the nest", by author Nikhilmore nimo, 2020, licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
A #Termite mound.
Did you know they have to keep temperature in a narrow band to guarantee the survival of the fungi farm that feeds them?
They achieve this by manipulating, adding or closing chimneys.
There is a large shopping centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, that mimics this design principle and doesn't need artificial cooling or heating. #biomimicry
#termites #kenya #enonkishu
2025-08-14
and i introduce to you the #termite. my very own music player in the terminal.


made sure it has least dependencies and the only dependency is yt-dlp (and rich of course to prettify it).


#tui #terminal #music #musicplayer
2025-06-27

27-Jun-2025
Old mounds help support high insect in tropical
Abandoned termite mounds have been found to serve as new for insect species.

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

We had a light rain yesterday that was sufficient for coaxing out a modest Formosan #Termite swarm. The swarms always make me smile.

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