Social Insects “The little things that run the world”- E.O. Wilson Social Insects I. Levels of sociality II. Castes and Polyethism III. Social insect examples IV. Ecological success Society • A group of individuals that belong to the same species and are organized in a cooperative manner. Aggregations • Non-social grouping of individuals Monarch butterflies aggregating Levels of Sociality • • • • • Solitary Subsocial Parasocial Eusocial Presocial Classification system
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THE USE OF INSECTS AS A FOODSOURCE. IS IT THE DREAM OF IDEALISTS OR THE WAY OF THE FUTURE? 12/5/2013 THE USE OF INSECTS AS A FOOD SOURCE It is a fact that over seventy percent of the words populous derive some level of protein and nutrients from insect-based food sources. In this country‚ it is looked at as uncouth or taboos to even consider such an act as consuming
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Hum of Insects – Robert Lynd As the hum of insects and noises of birds are associated with nature and seasons‚ so are they connected to our life‚ right from our childhood. When we grow up‚ these sounds occasionally pull us back to our childhood. In a way‚ our happiness‚ other than that achieved from people‚ has its origin in the nature‚ in spring and summer‚ in the hum and noises of insects and birds. The author begins with insects like bees‚ wasps and mosquitoes and analyse their behavior Insects
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INTRODUCTION A. Rationale The researchers chose this issue because of the increasing incidents of dengue fever cases in the region & in the country. They believe that this study will greatly contribute to the prevention of insect bites especially in younger children. The researchers are aiming that it will help minimize the cases of dengue which is considered as a year round disease & is fatal. Health care in the Philippines has been a dilemma of many Filipinos especially those families
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Child and Insect Child and Insect by Robert Druce introduces a poem which addresses the relationship between a child and insect after the child has carelessly caused the death of the grasshopper. The actions the grasshopper goes through determine the emotions and reactions of the child. The child is stripped of his innocence as he experiences death for the first time and is mocked by his mother for not understanding his mixed emotions. Throughout the poem the child experiences several emotions
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Raynaud Winter 2009 Mon‚ 12-2 Insects‚ Food? Introduction: Insects have been here long before human civilization‚ foraging the world and utilizing its nutrients. In a sense then‚ every human being ever has been forced to interact with insects‚ so then why has this “household” item not been utilized as a food source for humans? Well‚ that’s not entirely true. Entomophagy‚ according to Webster’s Dictionary‚ is the practice of eating insects. Using insects as a food source isn’t as uncommon
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Insects Project 1. Orders Lepidoptera- Examples of this order found in Australia would be Abantiades Barcas‚ Barbifrontia and Callionyma sarcodes. The members of this order have 4 wings‚ which are all completely covered in small scales. All the adults in the Lepidoptera family start off as a caterpillar‚ which resembles a worm‚and grow up to be either a moth or a butterfly. The butterflies have very thin antennas and tend to fly during the day‚ while the moths have feathery antennas and are
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Social insects such as ants‚ bees‚ termites‚ and wasps‚ provide us with a powerful metaphor for creating decentralized problem-solving systems composed of simple‚ interacting‚ and often mobile‚ agents. The emergent collective intelligence of social insects lies not in complex individual capabilities but in networks of interactions that exist among individuals and between individuals and their colonies. The daily problems solved by a social insect colony include the following: finding food‚ building
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An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin‚ clothing‚ or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also insect repellent products available based on sound production‚ particularly ultrasound (inaudibly high frequency sounds). These electronic devices have been shown to have no effect as a mosquito repellent by studies done by the EPA and many universities.[1] Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak
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Hum of insects According to the author the humming of the insects in the bedroom is as good as the buzz of the dentist’s drill or the sawmill. The bee and the wasp are considered to be the noble insects ‚ the bee is morally higher because it does not bite without provocation and does not give malaria like mosquito but give honey instead. It helps in multiplying the fruits and aims at living a quiet life. The victims of the angry bee in the lesson were – a dog‚ a turkey – as it doesn’t see
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