Table 5. Behavioral repertoire shown in the first 15 min of interactions of visible workers of Coptotermes formosanus, Reticulitermes speratus, Microcerotermes crassus, and Globitermes sulphureus with 1-, 3-, 7-day-old and oven-killed carcasses and mutilated termites.

Behaviors	Definitions
Exploratory behavior
Antennation	Worker termites use their antennae to touch dead or mutilated termites for up to 3 sec
Crawling under dead body piles	Termites burrow down beneath and crawl under piles of dead bodies repeatedly
Grooming
Active grooming	Termites lick the body of dead termites (i.e., mouth, abdominal, or anal parts)
Carcass-burying behavior
Dragging	Termites use mouth parts to carry the termite bodies
Dead body entombment	Termites carry sand particles and place them on termite bodies
Alarming behavior
Jerking	A repeated rapid body movement that moves the body to the front and back