Social life in insects

Social Insects

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Insects that live cooperatively in colonies and exhibit a division of labor among distinct castes. ex. termites, ants, bees, some wasps

ANT

LIFE CYCLE OF ANT

FOSSIL OF ANT

CASTES OF ANT

Seven Leafcutter ant workers of various castes (left) and two Queens (right)

ANT MATING

COMUNICATION

NEST

FOOD CULTIVATION

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenoptera

Suborder: Apocrita

Superfamily:

Apoidea

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• Two honey bees are collecting pollen from Nightblooming cereus

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