Pacific Dampwood Termite

Zootermopsis angusticollis

The Pacific Dampwood Termite is a small insect that helps break down wood and recycle nutrients in the forest. They live in damp, decaying wood and are important for keeping the environment healthy.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Pacific Dampwood Termite is one of North America's largest termites, ranging from yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. Its body is robust, and soldiers have large, dark heads with strong mandibles. Winged reproductives are darker brown with prominent, clear wings.

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Pacific Dampwood Termite

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Termite queens can live for over a decade, laying thousands of eggs! Wow!

Termites use their own droppings to seal up tunnels and fix their homes! Wow!

They don't build nests in the soil, only inside damp wood! Wow!

This termite is the largest dampwood species in North America! Wow!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Pacific Dampwood Termite can digest tough wood because of special microbes in its gut that helps them break down cellulose.

Pacific Dampwood Termite has a special ability to live only in very damp wood that helps them find and create their nests.

Pacific Dampwood Termite soldiers have massive, dark mandibles that help them defend the colony from invaders like ants.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 30-40 mm
Größe: 10-25 mm
Lebenserwartung: 365-1095 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 0.5-2 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6
Koloniegröße: 500-5000

Ernährung und Fütterung

These termites eat decaying wood and plant fibers, thanks to tiny helpers in their gut!

Hauptnahrung

decaying wood
wet timber
cellulose fibers
fungus-damaged wood

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

Drills into wood to find and eat termites.

eats

Western Fence Lizard

Sceloporus occidentalis

Preys on swarming termite alates during flights.

symbiotic with

Gut Protozoan

Trichonympha campanula

Lives in the termite's gut, helping digest wood cellulose.

Merkmale

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Pflanzenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.

Wald

Waldlebensräume sind terrestrische Lebensräume, die von dichtem Baumbestand dominiert werden und eine große Vielfalt an Pflanzen- und Tierarten beherbergen.