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Termite Nest

Isoptera

Description:

Huge termite nest, about 6' tall, 3' wide

Habitat:

transition zone between cerrado and atlantic coast rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this termite mound growing beside the trail in Parque do Caraca, about 3 hours from Belo Horizonte.

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3 Comments

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Please consider putting this spotting into the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I find most of ants houses in reddish soil.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Oh..its very tall..!!

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

São Domingos do Prata, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 2, 2010
Submitted on Jun 2, 2011

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