Editing Termite (section)

===Locomotion and foraging===
Because the worker and soldier castes lack wings and thus never fly, and the reproductives use their wings for just a brief amount of time, termites predominantly rely upon their legs to move about.{{sfn |Bignell |Roisin |Lo |2010 |p=11}}

Foraging behaviour depends on the type of termite. For example, certain species feed on the wood structures they inhabit, and others harvest food that is near the nest.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Traniello |first1=J.F.A. |last2=Leuthold |first2=R.H. |title=Behavior and Ecology of Foraging in Termites |date=2000 |pages=141–168 |doi=10.1007/978-94-017-3223-9_7 |isbn=978-94-017-3223-9 |publisher=Springer Netherlands}}</ref> Most workers are rarely found out in the open, and do not forage unprotected; they rely on sheeting and runways to protect them from predators.{{sfn |Bignell |Roisin |Lo |2010 |p=13}} Subterranean termites construct tunnels and galleries to look for food, and workers who manage to find food sources recruit additional nestmates by depositing a phagostimulant pheromone that attracts workers.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reinhard |first1=J. |last2=Kaib |first2=M. |title=Trail communication during foraging and recruitment in the subterranean termite ''Reticulitermes santonensis'' De Feytaud (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) |journal=Journal of Insect Behavior |date=2001 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=157–171 |doi=10.1023/A:1007881510237 |bibcode=2001JIBeh..14..157R |s2cid=40887791}}</ref> Foraging workers use semiochemicals to communicate with each other,<ref name=commu/> and workers who begin to forage outside of their nest release trail pheromones from their sternal glands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Costa-Leonardo |first1=A.M. |title=Morphology of the sternal gland in workers of ''Coptotermes gestroi'' (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). |journal=Micron |date=2006 |volume=37 |issue=6 |pages=551–556 |doi=10.1016/j.micron.2005.12.006 |pmid=16458523}}</ref> In one species, ''[[Nasutitermes costalis]]'', there are three phases in a foraging expedition: first, soldiers scout an area. When they find a food source, they communicate to other soldiers and a small force of workers starts to emerge. In the second phase, workers appear in large numbers at the site. The third phase is marked by a decrease in the number of soldiers present and an increase in the number of workers.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Traniello |first1=J.F. |last2=Busher |first2=C. |title=Chemical regulation of polyethism during foraging in the neotropical termite ''Nasutitermes costalis'' |journal=Journal of Chemical Ecology |date=1985 |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=319–32 |doi=10.1007/BF01411418 |pmid=24309963 |bibcode=1985JCEco..11..319T |s2cid=27799126}}</ref> Isolated termite workers may engage in [[Lévy flight]] behaviour as an optimised strategy for finding their nestmates or foraging for food.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Miramontes |first1=O. |last2=DeSouza |first2=O. |last3=Paiva |first3=L.R. |last4=Marins |first4=A. |last5=Orozco |first5=S. |last6=Aegerter |first6=C.M. |title=Lévy flights and self-similar exploratory behaviour of termite workers: beyond model fitting |journal=PLOS ONE |date=2014 |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=e111183 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0111183 |pmid=25353958 |pmc=4213025 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...9k1183M |arxiv = 1410.0930 |doi-access=free}}</ref>