Termite hills and termite arborium in tree branch above
Termite hills and termite arborium in tree branch above. Section through termite hill of Macrotermes bellicosus. Europeans in background using a telescope on top of a termite hill. Nests of the termites. After Henry Smeathman in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1781. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821
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13135828
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45760721
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6661px x 5305px
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Credit
Florilegius
Source
Henry Smeathman
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