Dulneth Wijewardana

Hello I'm an Ant and Termite keeper from Srilanka. I love to study social insects and mainly Termites. I also go by Termites International in YT :)

[Dulneth Wijewardana @dulnethtermites]

@jumbo3220 an absolute unit haha

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A small colony of Neotermes I found in a small hollow branch. They've formed a nymphoid neotenic (The orange worker-like individual) and an alate for some reason, such a cool species with those awesome looking soldiers 🔥
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#termites #termitekeeping #neotermes

[Dulneth Wijewardana @dulnethtermites]

@elaphrornis no worries sir

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@elaphrornis sure, dudleyi and domesticus are quite similar but with quite a size variation as i remember

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@elaphrornis ah yeah Probably C.dudleyi

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TERMITES🤩❤️
(Why not raise a few in captivity, Angulitermes ceylonicus)

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@ChouvencL I've seen cryptotermes alates do this when they get flipped too they basically end up removing the wings right after.

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@expertotermitas @ChouvencL @anticimex_esp ohh

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@ChouvencL @expertotermitas @anticimex_esp What's up with the Nymphoid neotenic formation though? This looks like a very young colony.

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@ChouvencL Probably a Hypoponera species

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@Sandamuthu_A @jodyjsperling Gonna claim copyright :)

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@Sandamuthu_A @Cathyjhopkins lol

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@ChouvencL Hello this happened with a pair of my Coptotermes gestroi, I simply merged them with a few mature workers now they are picking up, and also they have offspring of their own. I've tried with nasutitermes,pericapritermes also worked though, but these 2 died because ants raided them

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@CorrieMoreau @Flaviaesteves @ant_explorer WOW

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@expertotermitas ouch!!!!

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@lab_orlat974 hey i have them !!!!!!

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@ChouvencL what is this species?

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Microcerotermes?

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Odontotermes Soldier. #termites #odontotermes