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Colony and swarming Behavior in Insects

Colony:

Colony: Insects congregate in colonies to better their chances of survival. * Insects that collect in colonies are thought to be "social" insects.

Colony

Ants

Roles in the Colony:

Ants

Ant's importance is due on its indirect impact on a variety of local communities. They prey on a wide range of creatures, from decomposers to higher species.

Termites

Roles in Colony:

Termites

Termites collaborate to collect resources. Each colony has three levels of termite society to ensure that all of the job is performed. Each termite colony is assigned a distinct task that aids in the colony's survival.

Gathering food by workers

Soldiers, construct a shelter.

Reproductives—produce and care for their offspring.

Honey Bees

Roles in colony:

Honey Bees

Female workers are in charge of the colony's feeding, cleaning, nursing, and defense.

Male drones exist solely for the purpose of mating with the queen.

A queen bee produces eggs and releases a pheromone that sterilizes the colony's females.

Individual bees interact and communicate with one another, allowing them to be productive. They all contribute to the colony's success.

Swarming

is a group of insects that have a single aim in mind, such as migrating, collecting food, or protecting themselves against predators. It usually happens because the insects survival rates rise.

Swarming

Grasshoppers:

Grasshoppers

The purpose of a grasshopper is to initially act as a consumer before being devoured by a range of animals. An increase in serotonin may cause grasshoppers to swarm based on what scientists call a "gregarious condition." Swarming patterns are also influenced by the weather.

Honey Bee's

This behavior is seen by bees when the colony becomes overwhelmed with nursing bees and swarms. It's an important element of every bee's healthy life cycle, and it normally happens in the spring and summer when the humidity is high.

Honey Bees

Ants

Ants swarm for a variety of reasons, one of which is to gather food for their colony. For a variety of reasons, swarm intelligence is extremely useful to insects such as ants when it comes to food collection. A swarm of ants can work together to find the quickest, easiest route to the best food source. Mating is another major factor for ant swarming.

Ants

Making a Connection

The Army:

In our country, the army is a group of people who work as a colony and also swarm. The army, like a colony, serves a variety of purposes. A person can be a cook, a doctor, a mechanic, or a fighter. They also swarm because they defend their colony by fighting in big groups (the U.S).

Connection

Summary

Insects that live in a colony and swarm have an advantage over those that do not because in a colony, every insect works together, therefore the insect has less work to do than if it lived alone. If the insect were to be left alone, it would have to defend itself against larger predators, obtain its own food, and take care of everything. At the absolute least, in a colony, each insect assists the others in conserving energy. Swarming has the advantage of making it easier for an insect to do things that would be difficult for them to perform on their own, such as safeguarding their colony. It is easier for a predator to approach a hive if just one bee is protecting it; all it has to do is past the first bee. Swarming and colony behavior are similar in that they are both intra-species interactions that serve as a means of survival for the species.

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