What are the natural enemies of termites?

Termites have social sex life similar to ant camps. Natural enemies in nature can be divided into parasitic natural enemies and predatory natural enemies. Parasitic natural enemies are mainly fungi, bacteria, viruses and mites. Predatory natural enemies are spiders, ants, dragonflies, anteaters, pangolins and so on. Let's take a look at the natural enemies of termites.

Parasitic natural enemies of termites

Many species of termites have parasites of fungi, bacteria and viruses in their nests, many of which can cause termite disease and eventually lead to the death of termites until the whole nest is destroyed. In addition, the mites parasitic in the nest can sometimes kill termites.

Predators of termites

1. Natural enemies that cannot break the nest: the natural enemies of the termites that cannot break the nest mainly prey on the winged adults of the termites, or the exposed termites or enter the nest without destroying the nest and induce the termites to feed, such as spiders, ants, dragonflies, frogs, birds, chimpanzees and so on.

2. Natural enemies that can break the nest: the natural enemies that can break the nest of termites can destroy the nest and hunt termites directly from the nest, such as pangolin, echidna, giant ant bear, aardvark, armadillo, platypus, anteater and so on.

The living habits of termites

1. Gregariousness: termites are insects that live in nests. No matter what kind of termites, they all build nests and regard the nest as a base camp. However, due to the different species of termites, the structure of the nest is simple and complex. Although the tunnels are scattered vertically and horizontally, they all connect several main roads to the main nest, forming a whole. The queen and queen of the ant colony live in the palace, and the sexual organs of the winged breeding ants are not mature. If they are not frightened, they will not be far away from the nest heart. Workers and soldiers have special functions. They have to go out frequently, not go but not return. During the period of external activities, the longest time is generally four to seven days, and the internal ties are very close. It looks like a whole person.

2. Dark tendency: termites are afraid of light and tend to be dark, live a hidden life, go out to collect food and absorb water, dig tunnels in the ground or inside the wood, and even if they leave the object and then go to another feeding point, they should build mud pipe or mud quilt channels in advance to be isolated from the external light.

3. Hygrotropism: the life of termites is very important to water. If you can't live without water, the water content of black-winged termites is 79%.

4. Cleanliness: termites have a neat characteristic. When individuals meet, they clean each other. I lick you, you lick me, not only suck each other, but also feed each other, swallow the same kind of corpses and remove feces and peeling and other excrement in time.

5. Thermotaxis: termites, like other insects, are also temperature-changing animals and temperature-loving insects. The level of air temperature is the main factor affecting the distribution of termites, and there are significant differences in temperature requirements among different species of termites. for example, the black-breasted termites, which can live in the north, can adapt to low temperature in the northern provinces.

6. Sensitivity: the activity of termites is very sensitive to external interference.

7. Hobby: cellulose accounts for a large proportion in the diet of termites.

8. Grouping: the transmission of termites mainly depends on Eclosion. It takes more than five years to develop from the juvenile nest to the adult nest in black-winged soil, and the differentiation of winged adults occurs.