Endless Reproductive Capacity

Termites have been thriving on this planet more than 250 million years due to their excellent adaptability and astonishing reproductive capacity. They are successful social insects which live in group, collaborate with each other, rely on a single-ethic colony, and usually have a sharp division of labor among social castes. The queen may produce 8000-10000 eggs in one night, totaling more than 500 million in her lifetime. A colony may have millions of termites and service for decades.