Worker, soldier and queen termites, Macrotermes bellicosus
Worker termite, Macrotermes bellicosus of Guinea 1, head of worker 2, soldier 3, head of soldier 4, female, winged state 5, and pregnant queen 6. 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
Picture No
13135827
Media ID
45943049
Size
6336px x 3375px
(4.9MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Henry Smeathman
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