Termites | Rainforests
Termites | Rainforests
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The termite plays an important role in reprocessing the dead wood and leaf litter on the floor of the rainforest.
In the rainforests of Southeast Asia, troops of as many as 500,000 workers of the genus Hospitalitermes go on periodic forays to restock the food stores of their nests.
They collect lichens, bark-flakes, mosses and other plant materials, which they carry back to the nest in their mandibles or guts.
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