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Mũthũa

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Mĩthũa nĩ gĩkundi kĩa nyenje cia ngumbacũl iria cirĩaga mĩthemba mĩingĩ ya indo cia mĩmera ĩrabutha, na mũno mũno ta ngũ, mathangũ, na mũthanga wa thĩ.

Mbica ndururune ya mũthũa mũruti wa wĩra.

Mĩthũa mĩingĩ ya njaguti na mbirarũ ĩkoragwo ĩrĩ ndumumu kaimana tondũ ndũrĩ na maitho. O na kũrĩ ũguo, mĩthemba ĩmwe ta Hodotermes mossambicus, nĩ ĩkoragwo na maitho ma mũingĩ marĩa ĩhũthagĩra gũkũrana ũtheri wa riũa na ũrĩa wa mweri. Nguya(mĩthũa ĩna mathagu) nĩ ĩrĩ maitho hamwe.

A termite nymph looks like a smaller version of an adult but lacks the specialisations that would enable identification of its caste.
Nguya ĩgĩkuũka
mathagu ma nguya.
Hundreds of winged termite reproductives swarming after a summer rain, filling the field of the photograph.
nguya ikĩũmbũka ũtũkũ thutha wa mbura