Termite Queen Scape Plan

Termites are another group of eusocial insects that live at high density, but their escaping behavior has received less attention compared to ants. The termite escaping process takes place inside wood and structures (e.g., nests, tunnels, mud tubes, etc.), which makes observation difficult under laboratory or natural conditions. Several studies that examined the response of termites to a disturbance (e.g., vibrational stimuli such as knocking) have been conducted on arenas containing food and termite foragers (Hu, Appel & Traniello, 2003; Schwinghammer & Houseman, 2006; Gautam & Henderson, 2012). These studies showed that termites immediately escaped from the source of disturbance to other containers (without food) through connecting tubes, but they returned after a short period (within several seconds to minutes).
A few studies have focused on the behavioral responses of termites to damaged foraging galleries and mounds in the field. For example, Pequeno (2017) reported that after a breach (1-cm long) was opened in the foraging gallery, some soldiers (ranging from 1 to 12) patrolled in the open area (lasting from 2 to 292s). Zachariah et al. (2017) reported that workers repaired the broken mound by attaching various materials (e.g., soil particles and grass fragments of different sizes) along the entire circumference of the breach.
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