Post-moult allogrooming
December 30, 2016
This will be the first of several posts featuring aspects of termite biology. Like all arthropods, eastern subterranean termites (Reticulitermes flavipes) are covered with a rigid exoskeleton and need to moult in order to grow, a process also known as ecdysis. I won’t go into the details here, but here’s the short version: the old … More Post-moult allogrooming