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Description: I was cringing as a wasp roughly the size of a hummingbird flew into my filed of view. These termite mounds were most impressive. From the park sign: Cathedral Termite Mound This mound is home to a colony of grass eating termites, Nasutitermes triodiae. It's about 5 meters high and could be over 50 years old. Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda Class:Insecta Subclass:Pterygota Infraclass:Neoptera Superorder:Dictyoptera Order:Isoptera Family: Termitidae Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia i09_0501 028. Date: 30 April 2009, 17:46. Source: Cathedral Termite Mound. Author: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA. Camera location13° 06′ 10.99″ S, 130° 50′ 38.68″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-13.103053; 130.844078.