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2. Mound-building termites - Wikipedia

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   The caatinga ecoregion in northeast Brazil has about 200 million termite mounds spread over an area the size of Great Britain. [14] Some of the mounds are 3 m (10 ft) tall and 10 m (33 ft) wide, and they are spaced about 20 m (66 ft) apart.

3. Pyrophorus nyctophanus - Wikipedia

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   Pyrophorus nyctophanus (=fire-bearing night-shiner), aka headlight beetle or carbunco, is a species of click beetle that occurs on the cerrado of Brazil.Its luminescent larvae are either soil-dwelling or found in tunnels in the outer layers of termite mounds, and are active predators of other insects during summer nights when their regulated glow acts as a lure to their prey.

4. Emas National Park - Wikipedia

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   Emas National Park shows a typical cerrado ecosystem; a treeless savannah with tall termite mounds and an interesting amount of wildlife: the giant anteater, the maned wolf, giant armadillo, pampas deer [3] and the namesake greater rhea, among others. Emas National Park also holds a small jaguar population, perhaps consisting of about 10-12 ...

5. These oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for ...

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   Some fossilized termite mounds have been discovered dating back millions of years. The oldest inhabited mounds before this study were found in Brazil and are around 4,000 years old. They are ...

6. Pyrophorus (beetle) - Wikipedia

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   Pyrophorus nyctophanus larvae live in tunnels in the outer layers of termite mounds on the cerrado of Brazil. During summertime they glow at night, attracting prey in the form of other insects. During summertime they glow at night, attracting prey in the form of other insects.

7. Termite - Wikipedia

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   The sculptured mounds sometimes have elaborate and distinctive forms, such as those of the compass termite (Amitermes meridionalis and A. laurensis), which builds tall, wedge-shaped mounds with the long axis oriented approximately north–south, which gives them their common name.