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50 & 100 Years Ago

Nature volume 533, page 475 (2016)Cite this article

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Termites show great activity around even a small breach in their nest and soon begin to build to repair the damage ... I have investigated the nest-building behaviour of the damp-wood termites Zootermopsis angusticollis and Z. nevadensis ... The evidence obtained ... shows that a very small proportion of termites can detect air movements of the order of one thousandth of those in a closed room. The sense organs concerned are believed to be located on the antennae ... This very high sensitivity to air movement clearly helps to explain how termites are attracted to even minute openings of their nest ... It also suggests great caution is necessary in the design of experiments with termites.

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