Great African white ant, Macrotermes bellicosus (Termes bellicosus). Labourers 1, soldiers 2, king 3, male 4, pregnant female or queen 5, nests 6. With silverfish, Lepisma punctata, Lepisma obscura, Lepisma polypoda, Podura villosa, etc. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1810.

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