User talk:Whiteants

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White ants continued...
The worker termite is by far the most numerous of the castes, and as the name would suggest their duties include foraging for food to feed the entire colony, caring for the young termites in the colony nursery, and building the nest. The worker termites are responsible for the damage caused to timber structures in their hunt for food, which consists mainly of cellulose, sugars and the starches present in the timber. The worker termites and the soldier termites are both blind and sterile.

The third caste is the reproductive termites responsible for propagating the species. These reproductive termites of both sexes eventually grow wings and at this stage they are referred to as "Alates". Once a year, usually in early summer, on a warm humid evening, they swarm from the nest through an opening specially prepared by the workers. These male and female reproductives fly only a short distance from the nest before they land and shed their wings prior to mating. If the area where they have landed is suitable, and then a new colony is started, which after many years can grow into a mature colony with a population exceeding one million termites. Most of these future "king & queen" termites, however, do not survive. They are eaten by predators such as birds, lizards and spiders, and many of them die of exposure after being unable to reach an environment where they can start a new colony. These alates, or winged termites, are often observed on window ledges at night, where they have landed after being attracted by the light.

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