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Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Jagex.The game was released on 16 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3.
Termite nasute illustration (since reclassified as Nasutitermes corniger) The fontanellar gun is a termite defense mechanism in the form of a horn-like frontal projection ( nasus ) on the head of the soldier caste which is capable of expelling chemical weaponry at a distance, a trait exclusive to the subfamily Nasutitermitinae .
In addition to a role in fiber digestion, Symbiotic bacteria in N. corniger have also been shown to fix nitrogen at a rate of 0.25-1.0 mg N per colony per hour. This suggests a nitrogen doubling time of 200–500 days making it possible for the whole population of the colony to be replaced once or twice each year.
The Formosan termite is often nicknamed the super-termite because of its destructive habits due to the large size of its colonies and its ability to consume wood at a rapid rate. Populations of these termites have become large enough to appear on New Orleans' weather radars.
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G. sulphureus is able to fix nitrogen.An experiment in Thailand found that they fix around 250 grams of nitrogen per hectare per year. Although this contribution is only between 7% and 22% of the total nitrogen inputs in the ecosystem it is thought to be relatively important as termites add it to dead wood, thereby accelerating its decomposition.
Microtermes obesi, the wheat termite, is a small species of termite of the genus Microtermes. It is native to India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Vietnam. [1] It is a major pest of wheat and minor pest of sugarcane. These termites are cream colored with dark head. Workers more active in the morning and evening. It is one of major pest of wheat. They ...
Heterotermes aureus, commonly known as the desert subterranean termite, [1] is a species of termite in the family Rhinotermitidae. It is native to the deserts of North America where the colony has an underground nest.