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termite mound growing in a tree fork

iphan urrgug in Uw Olkola


Termite mound growing up the fork of a tree.

This termite mound, is growing up in the fork of a tree. This is the cathedral termite type (see the page on cathedral termites and termite mounds, Nasutitermes triodiae). This is called iphan urrgug in Uw Olkola. The tree in this picture is silky oak, Hakea chordophylla.

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