though they may look and behave in a similar manner the Harvester Termite is from a much more ancient order of insects, the Isoptera.


though they may look and behave in a similar manner the Harvester Termite is from a much more ancient order of insects, the Isoptera. More closeley related to coackroaches than ants these Harvester Termites rely on an ancient commensural symbiotic relationship with fungus to digest the inedible food it gathers. It is estimated that they remove 1-3 metric tons of grass per hectare each growing season.


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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
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