Social life in insects Social Insects - Insects that live cooperatively in colonies and exhibit a division of labor among distinct castes. ex. termites, ants, bees, some wasps
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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
CASTES OF ANT
Seven Leafcutter ant workers of various castes (left) and two Queens (right)
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily:
Apoidea
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