Psammotermes soil sheeting on scrap sticks above ground IMG 8459

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Description: English: Psammotermes species sometimes cover wood with soil sheeting. They often attack dead wood such as Tamarix sticks, especially where beetle larvae have left tunnels full of frass. Date: 14 May 2014, 15:14:23. Source: Own work. Author: JonRichfield. Camera location27° 40′ 48″ S, 17° 35′ 45.6″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth-27.680000; 17.596000. Psammotermes forage above ground, covering dead or moribund plants with soil sheeting. As a rule such shelters are used only in the cool of the night, the termites abandoning them in the heat of the day. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. :. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.