Pacific Dampwood Termite
探検昆虫
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.
生息地: Forests
外見
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.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Blattodea科Archotermopsidae属Zootermopsis
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
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!
特殊能力
能力
Wood Wrecker
Pacific Dampwood Termite can digest tough wood because of special microbes in its gut that helps them break down cellulose.
能力
Humidity Home Builder
Pacific Dampwood Termite has a special ability to live only in very damp wood that helps them find and create their nests.
能力
Mighty Mandibles
Pacific Dampwood Termite soldiers have massive, dark mandibles that help them defend the colony from invaders like ants.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 30-40 mm
- サイズ
- 10-25 mm
- 寿命
- 365-1095 日
- 飛行速度
- 0.5-2 km/h
- 脚の数
- 6
- コロニーの大きさ
- 500-5000
食性と食事
These termites eat decaying wood and plant fibers, thanks to tiny helpers in their gut!
主な食物
- decaying wood
- wet timber
- cellulose fibers
- fungus-damaged wood
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
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.
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Termites are not harmful to people, but it's best to leave them in their homes.
よくある質問
Pacific Dampwood Termiteの翼開長は何ですか？
30-40 mm
Pacific Dampwood Termiteのサイズは何ですか？
10-25 mm
Pacific Dampwood Termiteの寿命は何ですか？
365-1095 日
Pacific Dampwood Termiteの飛行速度は何ですか？
0.5-2 km/h
Pacific Dampwood Termiteは何を食べますか？
These termites eat decaying wood and plant fibers, thanks to tiny helpers in their gut!
Pacific Dampwood Termiteは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Pacific Dampwood Termiteはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Pacific Dampwood Termiteの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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