Ants are social insects that live in colonies being some of the most successful of insects. Ant colonies include one or more queens‚ workers‚ eggs‚ larvae and pupae. The worker ants maintain their developed structures known as "nests". Nests protect the ants against their enemies‚ some protection against extremes of weather‚ and are often placed close to water and food sources. Some ant species nest in the ground‚ many times under concrete or slabs. Some species will be found in wood such as fence
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dogs to sniff out explosives for decades. According to scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory‚ Mexico who have been working with honeybees since 1999‚ believe that bees can actually challenge dogs when it comes to sense of smell. The buzzing insects that seek out molecular hints of the pollen to make honey can easily detect other minute particles in the air‚ including traces of materials used to make bombs. Inscentinel Ltd. has developed “Vapour Detection Instrumentation” where trained bees
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they have now to better adapt and survive in their environment. C. Fossil Record Ancient Time|Plant and Animal Life|Millions of Years Ago| Pleistocene Epoch of the Cenozoic Era|Many species of Pleistocene conifers‚ mosses‚ flowering plants‚ insects‚ mollusks‚ birds‚ mammals‚ and others survive to this day. This period was also known for many large mammals such as mammoths and their cousins the mastodons[->0]‚ long horned bison‚ saber-toothed cats‚ giant ground sloths‚ and many other large mammals
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Bees: About to Buzz Off? Where will we bee without them? What would you do if everyone you had ever met‚ died in the span of a year? Your brothers and sisters‚ the workers at the local businesses‚ even the Queen all just... died? This is called colony collapse disorder and is a current issue for bee colonies all over the world. Bees have a crucial role in the survival of most life on our planet. Some have theorised that if the bees were to die out‚ humans would follow soon after. Subsequently‚
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frantic movement of the cockroach throughout the poem. The title foreshadows and reveals that the poem is about a small and trifle insect- a cockroach. However‚ the poem opens with the exaggeration of it ‘a giant cockroach’. This highlights that he is observing it very closely feeling as if it is a ‘giant’. The word ‘giant’ also conveys that it is not only an insect but also a device to reflect on life giving it great importance with the repetition of word ‘cockroach’ in the title and first line
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Asian Longhorned Beetles‚ Anoplophora glabrapennis‚ infest hardwoods like maples‚ willow‚ elm‚ birch‚ and sycamore. These insects first infested hardwoods in New York City‚ New Jersey‚ Chicago‚ Massachusetts‚ and Toronto‚ but have now spread across the United States. IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS Asian Longhorned Beetles are shiny black beetles measuring from 1-1½ inches. Their shells have white blotched markings and their long antennae are banded black and white. Their legs have a distinctive
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If you are in an activity that requires teamwork‚ then you must be prepared to make personal sacrifices to ensure its success. Not only is this true with team sports‚ but also in real life events. Even the smallest communities in the insect world require teamwork for their success. For example‚ the success of my lacrosse team requires that each member makes the team a priority over their personal needs. My lacrosse coach said that we must totally commit our personal time to practice six
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after about age five. Two other mammals of this order would be Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) and Pacific white-sided Dolphins (Dewey‚ Fox‚ 2002). Out of the thousands of insects in the world I will discuss they differences and likenesses of the Butterfly and the Dragonfly. Three things in common for these two types of insect are that they both have six legs‚ large compound eyes‚ and two pairs of wings. Their differences will become apparent as I describe them below (Myers‚ 2001). Butterflies
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fly making her decision to accepts the spider’s original offer or not. The subtle images in the picture are the butterfly wing curtains and the mirror that looks like it is made out of the shell of what used to be an insect. Along with the more subtle images‚ the depiction of the insect ghost being kicked away by the spider is something that I think a kid would definitely pick up on from the page. They would understand that the ghost bug is trying to warn the fly not to go in the parlor. They would
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novel “The Chrysalids” can actually be inferred from the book’s title. “Without change‚ there would simply be no progress or improvement”‚ is the main theme of this novel. The scientific definition of chrysalids is an insect in the stage of development between a larva and an adult insect. Chrysalids can also mean a preparatory or transitional state. In “The Chrysalids”‚ three main stages of civilizations can be identified. They are the Fringes civilizaztion‚ the Waknuk civilization‚ and the Sealand
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