Stats

Lifespan

1-15 yrs

Size

Tiny

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Cathemeral

Social

Colony

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Burrowing

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Burrowing

Status

Common

About

Reticulitermes are the largest termite species in the world. They live in large colonies of hundreds of thousands of individuals, and the colonies are so large that they can affect the local climate.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Heterotermitidae

Genus

Reticulitermes