Termite nests in a moundfield at Oleserewa, Kenya (Isoptera : Macrotermitinae)

A well-developed moundfield in a treeless grassland was studied, where a sh allow soil overlies volcanic rock. Three mounds were excavated by digging a trench right across the middle. Each mound was found to contain a living n est of a fungus-growing termite Odontotermes montanus Harris. One mound als o contained a secondary nest of O. anceps, and all of the mounds contained some aestivating soil animals.