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

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite workers and soldiers, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite colony, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite colony, Suriname

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

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

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...

Chien Lee / Termite (Longipeditermes longipes) workers transporting leaf fragments back to the colony, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Termite (Longipeditermes longipes) workers transporting leaf fragments back to the colony, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Termite (Hospitalitermes sp) workers flanked by soldiers, transporting food balls back to their colony, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

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

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) group raiding termite colony and carrying prey, Rio Kapatchez, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) raiding termite colony and carrying prey, Rio Kapatchez, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) raiding termite colony and carrying prey, Rio Kapatchez, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) group raiding termite colony and carrying prey, Rio Kapatchez, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Matabele Ant (Pachycondyla analis) raiding termite colony and carrying prey, Rio Kapatchez, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Safari Ant (Dorylus sp) group attacking a colony of termites, Atewa Range, Ghana

Thomas Marent / Termite (Hospitalitermes sp) group on pathway to colony, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

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

Ingo Arndt / Termite colony migrating across rainforest floor showing workers and soldiers, Yavari River, Amazon Basin, Peru

Mark Moffett / Termite colony in fungus nest, Gashaka, Nigeria

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

Christian Ziegler / Cross section of termite nest showing active workers

Piotr Naskrecki / Termite workers tend nymphs and eggs in the nest until they are capable of foraging outside, Guinea, West Africa

Owen Newman / Termite mound, Northern Territory, Australia.

Mark Taylor / Colony of Termites on the move (Macrotermes gilvas) Borneo

Philippe Clement / Dwarf mongoose colony {Helogale parvula} in termite mound Kruger NP South Africa

Konrad Wothe / Termite group on wood with one carrying debris, Borneo

Konrad Wothe / Reproductive winged termite dispersers leaving nest to form new colonies surrounded by workers, India

Konrad Wothe / Reproductive winged termite dispersers leaving nest to form new colonies surrounded by workers, India

John Downer / Six-meter high cooling chimney of termite colony. Bogoria Kenya, East Africa

Jabruson / Dwarf mongoose {Helogale parvula} colony inhabit termite mound. Tsavo East NP, Kenya

Jabruson / Dwarf mongoose {Helogale parvula} colony inhabit termite mound. Tsavo East NP, Kenya

Chris Shields / Illustration of Termites (Isoptera),different castes within a colony. (L-R) Workers,soldier, winged and queen termites.