FIELD NOTES : BELIZE j U IC< t- 
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. ; 
lb Termitophiles from la : in special preservative (Warren Steiner) 
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; 
S,W. 
7. Combat 1 : Large ant running on trail ; Heterotermes added, trail disrupted, worke 
and soldier termites attacked and drove off ants 
11 
12 
S. 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 
j. 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 a • 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 
■ . . : , beside road, second growth, near store, 6 mi. from 
Blue Creek ; S,W. June 8 * 
June 8 — Beside road, carton nest on palm tree ca lh ft-, above ground ; ca 6 mi, 
f rom 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 of 
combat at 10:55 AM. After 1 hour : 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 
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. o ctopilis , smells like it, acts like it; 
June 9 ; dead, down HARD stump; S,W. 
Combat with Monacis (?) ; block of wood containing ca 30 Nasu t it.e i m es — 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. 
