Tag: termite

You Got Peanut Butter In My Saguaro

Mud at the base of an old saguaro shows where termites are recycling the hard bark-like material into nutrients on the Latigo Trail in McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale, Arizona on October 8, 2022. Originals: _ZFC2618.NEF to _ZFC2635.NEF

I believe the artists who created this scene are termites, the left side showing the protective mud layer they place over the hardened black areas at the base of old saguaros, the right showing where they have recycled most of the bark-like material and returned its nutrients to the desert soil.