Mastotermes darwiniensis

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Mastotermes darwiniensis soldier (click on image to enlarge it)
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Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt - (giant northern termite)

This species is an important subterranean termite attacking crops, living trees and wood products in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. The size of a colony can surpass 1 million individuals. Queens lay "pods" containing around 20 eggs. The casts include nymphs or workers, soldiers, a queen and a king. The nymphs can live as workers or develop into soldiers and, alternatively, into winged reproductives.

For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.

• Other images of Mastotermes darwiniensis (Wikimedia Commons & PaDIL - click to enlarge)
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  soldier

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  soldier

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  soldier - head

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  worker

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  mandibles of worker

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  hindwing

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  tarsus of soldier (with 5 segments)