Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil

Abstract

This note reports the occurrence of carcass feeding by Nasutitermes callimorphus, a endemic termite from brazilian evergreen forests. Based on this observation and previous reports, it is plausible to think that drought may play a important role in the occurrence of necrophagy in termites.

Osteophagia by Nasutitermes guayanae (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) on human bone remains in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia

“…Concerning necrophagy, there have been reports of the presence of Nasutitermes in vertebrate carcasses such as boas, sloths, turtles, agoutis (Thorne and Kimsey 1983), dogs (Eloi et al 2020), and human bone remains (Derry 1911;Light 1929;Wood 1976;Wylie et al 1987), among others (Table 1). Here we report a case of osteophagia by Nasutitermes VOL.…”