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the class to which a social insect belongs, usually grouped by the job that the insect does within their colony.

Raising a kid is hard work, so wouldn’t it be easier to have someone else raise them for you? Some wasps do exactly this.... but to pull this off, they need the help of a disguise. The shiny cuticle on the outside of an insect that holds chemicals called cuticular hydrocarbons Victoria Kent

As most spies know, the best way to infiltrate a group is to look and act like the members of that group. But what does it take to be a spy among ants? One beetle may have figured out the ultimate ant imitation strategy.

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Life of the Leafcutter

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Learn what makes leafcutter ants unique and understand how the different castes of ant work together to provide for the colony.

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