Social caterpillars
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social-caterpillars-252-6367610
title:
Social caterpillars
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The collective behaviors of social caterpillars falls into five general categories: collective and cooperative foraging, group defense against predators and parasitoids, shelter building, thermoregulation and substrate silking to enhance steadfastness. The most behaviorally sophisticated of the insect societies are found among the ants, termites, bees, and wasps. While these insects are technically classified as eusocial insects they are commonly referred to simply as the social insects. In this
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Behaviors of caterpillars in society
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_caterpillars
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2023-12-09T18:57:07Z
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