Mark Moffett / Nasute Termite (Nasutitermes sp) nest reveals soldiers with dart-gun heads, Amazonian Peru

Steven David Miller / Cathedral termite (Nasutitermes triodiae) mound in sparse woodland. A mound of 7m can take 5-8 years to construct and contains millions of termites. Mary River National Park, Northern Territory. Weste...

Roger Powell / Cathedral termite mound (Nasutitermes triodiae) in typical savanna habitat, Mary River, Northern Territory, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Termites (Nasutitermes sp) soldiers, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Piotr Naskrecki / Nasute Termite (Nasutitermitidae) soldier, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Nasute Termite (Nasutitermitidae) colony leaving their arboreal nests for a night of foraging, Guyana

Mark Moffett / Nasute Termite (Nasutitermes sp) nest reveals soldiers with dart-gun heads, Amazonian Peru

Piotr Naskrecki / Nasute Termite (Rhynchotermes perarmatus) soldier in defensive posture, Costa Rica

Nick Upton / Professor Edward O. Wilson breaking into a Termite (Nasutitermes sp) nest to show how quickly they can repair it, on production for a BBC Natural World film 'The Little Creatures Who Run the World'. T...

Christian Ziegler / Nasute Termite (Nasutitermes sp) group on foraging trail, Lambir Hills National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia