Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a queen termite (Isoptera) in chamber, with workers gathering liquid containing pheromones exuded from the queen's rear end, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Queen Termite (Isoptera) tended by workers in nest chamber, Napo Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) femalenext to termite mound in forest, Nagarhole National Park, South India

Sandesh Kadur / Termites (Isoptera) flying upwards towards a street lamp, India

Edwin Giesbers / Termite (Hospitalitermes sp.) colony, with individuals moving in different directions, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Georgette Douwma / Termites excavating corridor in wood {Isoptera} Bunaken, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jabruson / Umbrella termite mound designed to repel heavy rain water, Mboko, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Termite mound in Ituri forest, Dem. Republic of Congo, Central Africa

Jabruson / Termite mound cooling chimneys - savanna near Mboko, Odzala National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Brood chambers inside a Termite (Isoptera) nest with workers tending eggs, Napo Province in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Slow motion. (non-ex)

Steven David Miller / An arboreal termite nest (Order Isoptera) attached to a eucalyptus tree, Cania Gorge National Park, Queensland, Australia.

Konrad Wothe / Panning shot up a tree to a termite (Isoptera) nest in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Termites (Isoptera) at nest entrance in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Termites (Isoptera) at nest entrance in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Termites (Isoptera) at nest entrance in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Termites (Isoptera) at nest entrance in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Termites (Isoptera) at nest entrance in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Termites (Isoptera) at nest entrance in a rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco Region, Peru.

Denis-Huot / Termites (Isoptera) on a termite mound after the rain, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. March.

Ingo Arndt / Termite (Isoptera) colony migrating across rainforest floor showing workers (pale) and soldiers (dark), Yavari River, Amazon Basin, Peru

Simon Colmer / Termites (Isoptera) beginning to construct a mound using dead leaves as 'scaffolding', Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda.

Simon Colmer / Termites (Isoptera) beginning to construct a mound using dead leaves as 'scaffolding', Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda.

Simon Colmer / Termites (Isoptera) beginning to construct a mound using dead leaves as 'scaffolding', Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda.

Laurent Geslin / Aerial view of a termite mound surrounded by water in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Laurent Geslin / Aerial view of a termite mound surrounded by water in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Juergen Freund / Termites (Isoptera) Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) female walking past termite mound in forest, Nagarhole National Park, South India

Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) female feeding, covered in dirt, with termite mound, Nagarhole National Park, South India

Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo) cubs playing on termite mound, Masai-Mara, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) keeping lookout from a termite hill, Samburu game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) keeping lookout from a termite hill, Samburu game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) sitting in termite hill, Samburu game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) keeping lookout from a termite hill, Samburu game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Dwarf mongooose (Helogale parvula) keeping lookout from a termite hill, Samburu game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Termite hill, Samburu game reserve, Kenya, March 2010

Denis-Huot / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) young at the den inside a termite hill, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) looking at a topi (Damaliscus korrigum) behind a termite hill, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Termite hill near Lake Magadi, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Tall Termite mound near Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Tall Termite mound near Lake Bogoria, Kenya

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of termites (Isoptera sp), with winged king in the top left, wingless king bottom left. Workers top right, soldiers bottom right and queen -middle. Pencil and watercolor painting.

Jabruson / Termite (Macrotermes) nest structure located on tree trunk, mud drainage tips built into the sides of the structure to assist with water run-off during tropical downpours. Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki Nati...

Jabruson / Termite mound (Macrotermes) located close to elephant path through forest and as such used as a scratch post by passing African Forest Elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki N...

Jabruson / Termite (Macrotermes) mound located in forest interior, Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic

Jabruson / Termite mound (Macrotermes) located close to elephant wallowing hole and used as a scratch post by passing African Forest Elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis). Agile Mangabey (Cercocebus agilis) pa...

Oriol Alamany / Termite mounds near Mopani, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Robin Chittenden / Termite mound (Isoptera) land burnt around it, Gambia

Kerstin Hinze / Termites (Isoptera) coming out of mound, Hidden Valley, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

MYN / David Wong / Termites (Isoptera) Canberra, ACT, Australia, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Konrad Wothe / Winged termite (Isoptera) on tree bark, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, August

Edwin Giesbers / Termite colony (Hospitalitermes sp) on the move. Large termites stand guard at the sides while a constant flow of worker termites move along between them, Sarawak, Borneo, June, Winner in Other anima...

Nature Production / Man standing beside a tall termite mound (isoptera) Australia

Jouan & Rius / Termites (Hospitalitermes sp) carrying food to nest in rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Termites (Hospitalitermes sp) searching for food in wood, rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Edwin Giesbers / Termites (Hospitalitermes sp) colony moving over ground, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Termite (Isoptera) group, Karanambu Lodge, Rupununi, Guyana

Tim Laman / A termite nest ripped out of the ground in lowland rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Alan Watson / Termite nest amongst the stilt roots of a Yagrumo tree (Cecropia schreberiana), in lowland tropical rainforest over limestone, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

John Waters / Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) foraging for termites on termite mound, Mweya Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, E. Africa

Tim Laman / Kookaburra (Dacelo sp) nest holes in termite nests high in a dead tree, Queensland, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Termite mound in Central Desert, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Termite mound, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Termite mound, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Tony Heald / Termites on the move along an exposed tree root, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, September

Solvin Zankl / Harvester termite {Hodotermes mossambicus} with worker termites, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Harvester termite (Hodotermes mossambicus) Namib desert, Namibia

Peter Blackwell / Termite mound, Kenya

John Downer / Termite (Isoptera) colony with six-metre high cooling chimney, Bogoria, Kenya

Tim Edwards / Termite (Isoptera) mound, Kakadu NP, Australia

Pete Oxford / Termites {Isoptera} in nest, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

John Waters / Termite {Isoptera} nest architecture on bark, Central African Republic

David Tipling / Termite mound (Nasutitermes genus) 'sweating' in rainforest, Amazon Basin, Peru.

John Downer / Flying ant trapped in 30 million year old amber from Mexico

Nature Production / Man standing beside termite mound, Australia

Jabruson / Termite mound ball designed to repel water/heavy rain, Capitale Bai Odzala NP, Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Termite mounds in rainforest, Ituri, Congo

Doug Wechsler / Termite nest on base of tree stump (Isoptera sp) Lanjak Entimau WS, Sarawak, Malaysia

Ingo Arndt / Termite (Isoptera) dropped wings after swarming, Bandiagara, Sahel Desert, Mali, west Africa

Jabruson / Umbrella termite mound designed to repel water and heavy rain, Mboko, Odzala NP, Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Termite mound ball designed to repel water and heavy rain, Capitale Bai, Odzala NP, Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Termite mound built onto tree trunk, Maya Maya Nord Bai, Odzala NP, NW Republic of Congo

Jabruson / Termite mound ball in tree, designed to repel water, Capitale Bai, Odzala NP, Republic of Congo

Simon Williams / {Macrotermes sp} termite mound, Namibia

Simon Williams / {Macrotermes sp} termite mound, Namibia

Jabruson / Umbrella termite mound designed to repel water and heavy rain, Mboko, Odzala NP, Republic of Congo

Owen Newman / Termite mound, Northern Territory, Australia.

Owen Newman / Magnetic termite mound, Litchfield NP, Northern Territory, Australia.

Owen Newman / Termite mounds, Northern Territory, Australia.

Owen Newman / Magnetic termite mound, Litchfield NP, Northern Territory, Australia.

Owen Newman / Magnetic termite mound, Litchfield NP, Northern Territory, Australia.

Owen Newman / Termite mound, Northern Territory, Australia.

Owen Newman / Close up of Magnetic termite mound, Litchfield NP, Northern Territory, Australia.