Stats

Lifespan: 1-30 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Cathemeral
Social: Colony
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Armor
Status: Common

About

Termites are a group of eusocial insects that consume a variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus. They are distinguished by their beaded (moniliform) antennae and the soft-bodied, unpigmented worker caste for which they have been commonly termed "white ants"; however, they are not ants but highly derived cockroaches.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2.
juvenile
An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3.
subadult
A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4.
adult
Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Blattodea