termite• One animal, however, has acquired the ability to fishtermites out of their nests very much more swiftly.• A singlebug may catch ten or more termites in succession in this way.• On the contrary, they and indeed most other termites certainly have.• Other hive worlds are poisonedwildernessespunctuated by rearing plasteel termitemounds, vertical cities that punch through the clouds.• The termiteinspector can point out some problem areas.• This is not to say that these termites have no perception of the earth's magneticfield.• Insects appeared about half a billion years ago, but stayed solitary until termites turned up three hundred million years later.
Origintermite
(1700-1800)Modern Latintermes, from Latintarmes“wood-eating worm”