Termitinae is a subfamily of higher termites in the family Termitidae. The accepted name is attributed to Latreille, 1802, and the type genus is Termes. A published summary describes the group as diverse, with 23 genera and 104 species. Its members occur across several tropical and subtropical biogeographic realms and use more than one kind of substrate.

Termitinae

Crane flies are famous for being mistaken for giant mosquitoes, but that is the least interesting thing about them. The adults are brief and harmless; the larvae are where the real story is, from decomposition and stream ecology to the smaller set of species that can become turf pests.

Crane flies are more interesting than the giant-mosquito myth

People usually talk about aphids like they are already explained. Tiny green bugs. Bad for the roses. Spray them, squish them, move on. That is not wrong. It is just a very small version of the story.

Ecology

Crane flies are more interesting than the giant-mosquito myth

Aphids: Tiny Pests, Weird Lives, and a Bigger Ecological Story

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Termitinae