TERMITES

Duration: 15 min

Year Published: 1930

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc

Format: 16mm

Description: Subterranean termites are seen in the wood of an infested house. Worker and soldier castes are shown. Royal and supplemental kings and queens are shown. The queen is seen: lite nymphs burrow and tend eggs laid by the royal queen. A nymph molts. A soldier sounds a warning of danger and a colony is attacked by common black ants. Nymphs, alates, and de-alates are pictured. Shows how to locate termite colonies.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 595.73 Audience level: sh-c-adult Guide Format/cost: 16-sl-$24 Distributors / rental: Not shown in source

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946