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  TERMITES This are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes ( eusocial ) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites were once classified in a separate order from cockroaches, but recent phylogenetic studies indicate that they evolved from cockroaches, as they are deeply nested within the group, and the sister group to wood eating cockroaches of the genus Cryptocercus . Previous estimates suggested the divergence took place during the Jurassic or Triassic . More recent estimates suggest that they have an origin during the Late Jurassic , with the first fossil records in the Early Cretaceous . About 3,106 species are currently described, with a few hundred more left to be described. Although these insects are often called "white ants"they are not ants , and are not closely related to ants. All colonies have fertile males called "kings" and one or more fertile females called "queens". Termites mostly feed on dead p...

                                              MFAHAMU MDUDU MCHWA.           MCHWA Ni wadudu wadogo wanaoishi katika makoloni na wana tabaka tofauti (eusocial) na hula miti mikavu au mimea iliyokufa. Mchwa wakati mmoja waliainishwa kwa mpangilio tofauti na mende, lakini tafiti za hivi karibuni zinaonyesha kwamba walitokana na mende, kwa kuwa wamejikita ndani ya kundi, na kundi dada hadi mende wanaokula miti   . Makadirio ya hapo awali yalipendekeza tofauti hiyo ilifanyika wakati wa Jurassic au Triassic. Makadirio ya hivi majuzi zaidi yanapendekeza kwamba wana asili , na rekodi za kwanza za visukuku. Takriban spishi 3,106 zimeelezewa kwa sasa, na mia chache zaidi zimesalia kuelezewa. Ingawa wadudu hawa mara nyingi huitwa "mchwa m...