INSECT INTRUDERS. 



serving as supports to the galleries above, 

 much as we use mine props. Failing 

 these connecting links the galleries below 

 would cave in and heavy loss of ant life 

 would result. This is one of the stealthy 

 forms of attack which the resident of the 

 bungalow has to fear, for it may lead to 

 his roof coming in on top of him. 



In addition to the worker white ant, 

 which is the member of the community 

 from which we actually suffer, the 

 nests contain the soldier, the king and 

 queen, and the grubs. These latter, 

 according to the way in which they are 

 fed, become workers or soldiers, or the 

 winged males and females which issue 

 at intervals from the nest in those large 

 swarms which give delight and at the 

 same time a heavy meal to all the insec- 

 tivorous birds and small insect-eating 

 mammals of the neighbourhood. 



All will have seen these large flights of 

 winged termites issuing from the nest or 

 from some hole in the plinth or lintel of 

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