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Record 1 1987-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Another method of colony formation [in termites] is sociotomy, or social fragmentation; workers, soldiers, and nymphs migrate or march to a new nesting site, and the fragment develops supplementary reproductives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Comportement animal
CONT

La multiplication des termites peut également se produire par sociotomie; des groupes d'individus des différentes castes quittent ensemble l'ancien nid et se mettent à la recherche d'un lieu où ils pourront en fonder un autre.

Spanish

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