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Fig. 383. — Termes lucifugus. Male (a), Worker (b), Soldier (c), magnified. 

 Fecundated female of Termes bellicosus, natural size, surrounded by workers (d D D d). 



But the pregnant female leaves all these dimensions far behind. 

 Her abdomen becomes two thousand times as big as the rest of her 



