FIELD NOTES : BELIZE 
Collected by M.S. Collins unless otherwise indicated 
la. Nasutitermes sp. Im. S W from log being used as firewood; June 7, 1981 
Blue Creek, Belize . Coll. Tina. • /? / ; ^ i 
in special preservative (Warren Steiner) ■ - - 
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2. Amitermes sp.,S,W ; dead branch near building, Blue Creek, June 6, 1981 
3. Nasutitermes sp. from dead down branch near building, Blue Creek, June 7. 
4 . Amitermes sp. Im.,S, W. June 6, 1981- Down branch at Blue Creek, Belize 
5. Heterotermes sp. S.W.; June 6, 1981- from dead down branch near building, 
Blue Creek 
6. Heterotermes sp. June 7,1981 ; From heavily-eaten stump in ground, Blue Creek; 
s7w7” 
7. Combat 1 : Large ant running on trail ; Heterotermes added, trail disrupted, worke 
and soldier termites attacked and drove off ants 
p. Combat 2 - Red army ant vs Heterotermes sp.; ants were diverted from trail, 
termites attacked and repelled them; ants showed signs of distress after 
termite contact 
0. Combat 3 - Red army ant vs Nasutitermes sp.; termites repelled ants effectively; 
June 8, 1981 
7. Berds Road, 0.7 mi. from junction with Lubantin Rd., Belize June 8 
8. Seive colony. Fence post beside road to Blue Creek, 4 mi. north of Blue Creek ; 
200 soldiers to hexane ; Nasutitermes sp. ; June 8. 
9 # * from dead branch on ground beside road in second-growth 
bordering Columbia Road, ca 5 mi. from Blue Creek 
lO.Staphylinidae eating stray termites at site of nest picking, Nasutitermes sp. , 
June 9 
11. I ,| v CCcKvyyuv , beside road, second growth, near store, 6 mi. from 
Blue Creek ; S,W. June 8 J ? t/t 
12. June 8 - Beside road, carton nest on palm tree ca lh ft. above ground ; ca 6 mi. 
from Blue Creek, cleared area beside road, second-growth forest? 100 s in 
hexane 
Combat with Monacis (?) sp. , photographed at length : Ants captured termites? 
showed temporary distress after being fired upon, but went on to clean, then 
attack more termites. Nest material with termites in it placed in midst ol 
combat at 10:55 AM. After 1 hour s Termites numerous in nest material and in 
an orderly train to under surface of log - June 9 
13. Armitermes sp. from large down log going uphill from lodge. Blue Creek, June 9. 
14. June 9 - Log on ground, as in #13 but further up trail ; coll. Marianne 
Early ; 
15. Heterotermes sp, from a standing dead stump up trail from Blue Creek lodge 
latrine ; June 9, 1981 
16. Nasutitermes sp. - looks like N. octopilis , smells like it, acts like it; 
June 9 ; dead, down HARD stump; S,W. 
Combat with Monacis (?) ; block of wood containing ca 30 Nasutitermes sp . workers 
and soldiers placed in path of foraging Monacis ; ants were instantly repelled; 
circled around termites; termite soldiers fired on any ant that approached; 
group still intact after 30 minutes. Parties separated out leaving wood, later 
returned. Soldiers slow, but repelled ants effectively. 1 worker captured at 
beginning of engagement ; another worker captured at 45 minutes combat time. 
Observations terminated at 60 minutes. Surviving termites returned to culture , 
6 sprayed ants isolated to plastic cups. At 24 hours, 3 were alive , 1 was 
dead ; and 2 had escaped. 
17. Amitermes sp. S,W. From down, dead wood near lodge at Blue Creek; 10 June, 
1981. 
18. Nasutitermes sp. large colony in rotten log on trail to falls, Blue Creek; 
10 June 1981; 100 to hexane 
Combat: 12:30 PM June 10; ca 200 termites from colony placed on Monacis 
trail; ants seizes workers and soldiers immediately? nearly all carried off 
by ants within 30 minutes. 
