Sentence examples for termite with from inspiring English sources

The bust is attended to by a motley assortment of minions, including what looks like a termite with a human head, and a severed arm wearing a black leather glove, which suggests that the director Jiri Barta is a Stanley Kubrick fan.

A water-borne termite with an appetite for the pilings of piers, the marine borer made it too expensive for the Port Authority to continue maintaining the piers that are now the foundation for what will eventually be a 1.3-mile-park overlooking New York Harbor.

A quick start: To collect termites with your stick, first identify the termite hill (Illustration A).

For example, chimpanzees of the Congo basin first dig into termite mounds with a stout stick and then fish for individual termites with a long, slender wand.

The effect is both fragmented and monolithic: a labyrinth made by termites with an eye for right angles.

Many different technologies -- from sonar to X-rays -- have been deployed to detect termites, with varying success.

Formosan subterranean termites with an insatiable taste for irreplaceable historic structures have been devastating the French Quarter, drawn to its moist, porous bricks and centuries-old wood, ravaging ancient live oak trees.

Species of termites with larger hindguts may host more CH4-producing symbionts and produce more methane [46].

Curious, one scientist reached down to pick up one of these termites with a pair of forceps.

Balanced on two feet and their prehensile tails, capuchins tap a nest of termites with one hand to dislodge the bugs and then pierce the nest with a stick, screwing it in so that the stick doesn't break.

"Working with entomologists in laboratories at the University of Florida, I employed an entirely unaware worker society of millions of termite specimens to produce sculptures/mounds," explains Kurant, who supplied the termites with alternative building materials including vibrantly colored sand, gold, and crystals.