Australia's Wet Tropics

DSC_2476 Milk-white termite (Coptotermes lacteus) An 'epigeal' - as opposed to 'subterranean' or 'arboreal' - termite nest mound. This is what most people think of when they hear ‘termite nest’. They look like mounds that protrude from the earth with ground contact and are made out of earth and mud, giving them a reddish brown colour in most places. Moresby Range National Park, Queensland *

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DSC_2476 Milk-white termite (Coptotermes lacteus) An 'epigeal' - as opposed to 'subterranean' or 'arboreal' - termite nest mound. This is what most people think of when they hear ‘termite nest’. They look like mounds that protrude from the earth with ground contact and are made out of earth and mud, giving them a reddish brown colour in most places. Moresby Range National Park, Queensland *

DSC 2476 Milk white termite Coptotermes lacteus epigeal termite nest mound earth mud reddish brown Moresby Range National Park Queensland