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How subtenanean
tennites find food 8J Coo7 Cot•fJ•m mrdJ
!¥mtJ 61 Enfli1'Ja1M'1ftnl PrrJmSmt
Gn.inmg ~ better nnder·
statlding of how t~ublerr:a­
ne.-n ICJ'IWIHC5 tunnel In
~h o( food hm. bec'nmr
oiticelu D'ntmcnt l'lrMcgics
oontinuf! to font'> mono nn
bail! and US;;,R 5\m.....,,t:titlJ(
pnticit\ct thM.can he s.~d
throllflh the colony. rnther
than on oimply keeping the
t.cnnita 'I'W01)' \~th repellent
in:!ltt1iddes. tx:.cd)·"·h.lt l(:To-
miles a~ rlning tanrlrr thr
..oil hM been somcwh;u of a.
rTI)l'W.I:I"}', bta SC~I.L'CL~ at the
Unhenny ()f'"Haw:.ii ;we leek·
1mites'
-. secrcu by
to •hine li~• on the k'r·
~ct,.in@
their bch"\iour in tli.'O-dt..
MCMi~ fol4llfi(i"A <m:n.'l.'\.
~cd like hori7onml
omt famu. p~xi~~ ~h~1s
containing thin layer• o f
maWcnt"t'l ~rl o.rt" pi"O\'id-
mg,,..,dows ,,.o t~'Ml1'1dol
ta-mite tunnelltn~ anri foorl
5eatchin~ hc-M•Kntr 'f41r1y
f"C.'Can:h \t>Citi,S rheM" nrc~
determined thnl in rhc ab-
tcncc ol ~inK in the- snil
terrnitesCONtrt11t1ed n.-.ne~
in t1 ~tic fa\hMJR that
diWded their ~arch
iW'C\ up
tnto equal pa.ru. The aoil en·
,; rnnment. h<1'\'e\"tT. is nn!:ly
nnifonn · especially ln a.l ur-
han crrvironau~m. So U l orc
re<e11dy. rcsea rthen at the
UniTer3ity of Haw:\ii havc
uscdlhc:arerw: tnJimttbtea
:QtvatJGn in which Formm.an
alb~n termite ftr.lpo
en encomncr multiple- ol,.
je<uin the H>it They di<m\·-
cred thM indeed. befo~ en-
lvnnrlh Gm"
!Vinrn. I ht~fJ •/Hmrwt,
counteting any o~t. te,...
mite tunnels di\'idcd tlv: arm
up lib spokra nf a ,_.hN"I
sbowin~Cf11ta.l prcfol!no:fm
a.Qdirubon~ H~. when
tcrmit~ l'c\nnrl cither fnnri
'wood) or n hollnw ~cC" in
the •nil. n.mncllin~t 0\Cth-ity
wa1 dlirtr.ct 1n the area JUI'-
rn\HHiinJ:t th;tt .spn1 anrl
cc-:t..••cd in ~"-" "'here rnM1l·
in~t hac1 hc:en ~ncauntercd
lkmts oft?dial tunnr.lrR ~n·
••I> :::,~;~~:::'~:: I
repeated at each cnconn-
w:rcrl obic'c• ;v,d Jc:act tn
~q11cnt enconnten wi th
nearby ~~cct. Awarcntly.
both finrlm~ fnn<t """ pra.
hle nesting ;u·ca~ (h~Jnw
~-.cal m the \Oil C1llascs the
tt'rmi1cs co tunnel Ollt ~in
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