Chapter 1 Insects of the Lower Animals
At least 90% of the animal species on Earth belong to the lower animals, and most of the lower animals, with the exception of insects, live in the oceans.
Today we will take a look at ants, bees, wasps, one of the lower animals
Ants and bees, wasps belong to the same class of animals, ants have thin "waists" between the chest and abdomen, and usually have stinging needles, ants do not have wings, but there are many species that grow wings during the breeding season, ants are more heterogeneous, carnivorous, there are herbivores, and some belong to scavengers, collecting anything that can be eaten for food, ants mostly live in groups, usually only one female is able to lay eggs, called queens, and the rest of the members perform various other duties.
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1. Carnivorous army ants
Carnivorous army ants, ant families in the carnivorous army ants are more terrible than lions, tigers and other beasts of prey, carnivorous army ants often compose of hundreds of thousands or millions of a huge army, on the way, they almost sweep everything, the crops, wild grass, bark nibble a light, even the encountered large and small animals are not spared, this ant has a huge jaw, much like a sharp scissors, can be sleepy python and tethered sheep in a few hours to eat clean, so people call this carnivorous army ant as " Little Tan Devil".
2. South American leafcutter ants
South American leafcutter ants, living in tropical rainforest areas, they will dig holes in the ground, build spacious nests, at night, South American leafcutter ants will stay in the burrow, at dawn flock to the top of the tree, climb to the top of the tree to cut leaves, under normal circumstances, leafcutter ants will follow the old road on the ground has long been stepped out of the home, sometimes follow the smell left by the open road ants back home, South American leafcutter ants do not eat cut leaves, but use these leaves as fertilizer for planting fungi.
Bees and wasps
Bees and wasps are the most advanced species of all insects, they all have narrow and transparent wings, have thin "waists" between the chest and abdomen, and usually have claw needles, most of them feed on nectar, but the larvae of wasps feed on insects, bees and wasps live in organized social groups, with complex behavior and efficient contact, the group usually only one female bee lays eggs, called "queen bee", the rest of the members are mostly worker bees, they take care of young bees, build and repair hives, collect food, It is the hardest working in the bee colony.
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No puffy hornets
Furbee, is one of the largest wasps in Europe, mainly inhabits the hot, sunny multi-light zone, its appearance is terrible, but mostly harmless, usually, the male bee is smaller than the female bee, the head is black, the bee wings have a metallic luster, there are red fur on the abdomen, the abdomen has spotted lines, the adult bees are mainly sucking nectar, and their larvae are parasites of rhinoceros turtles.
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