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Author

Megan Kopp

Publishing plan research and development

Reagan Miller

Editor

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Illustrations

Bonna Rouse: pgs 7 (all except background), 18 (bottom right)

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Kopp, Megan, author

How do insects work together? / Megan Kopp.

(Insects close-up)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1972-4 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-1976-2 (pbk.).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-9038-3 (pdf).--ISBN 978-1-4271-9034-5 (html)

1. Insects--Behavior--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QL467.2.K674 2015 j595.7 C2014-907839-0

C2014-907840-4

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kopp, Megan, author.

How do insects work together? / Megan Kopp.

pages cm. -- (Insects close-up)

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-7787-1972-4 (reinforced library binding) --

ISBN 978-0-7787-1976-2 (pbk.) --

ISBN 978-1-4271-9038-3 (electronic pdf) --

ISBN 978-1-4271-9034-5 (electronic html)

1. Insect societies--Juvenile literature. 2. Insects--Behavior--Juvenile literature.

I. Title.

QL496.K67 2015

595.7156--dc23

2014045637

Printed in Canada/042015/BF20150203

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Contents

What are insects? 4

What are social insects? 6

All about ants 8

All for one and one for all 10

Take a look at termites 12

Say it with scent 14

The buzz on bees 16

Nectar inspector 18

The wonder of wasps 20

Build a colony 22

Learning more 23

Words to know and Index 24

What are insects?

Insects are animals. Insects do not have backbones .

Animals without backbones are called invertebrates .

Insects have a hard, shell-like covering, called an

exoskeleton , instead. It protects the body. All insects

belong to a bigger group of animals called arthropods .

Shield bugs have a

colorful exoskeleton.

Built like an insect!

Insects come in many

different shapes, sizes, and

colors. All insect bodies have

three parts, however. Insects

have a head at one end, a

middle part called a thorax ,

and a part at the other end

called an abdomen . The

head has two antennae , or

feelers, on top. The thorax

has six legs attached to it.

Most insects have four wings,

which are also attached to

the thorax.

Like most

insects,

dragonies

have four

wings.

Ants send

and receive

important

information

with their

antennae.

Bumblebees

have furry

bodies.

What are social insects?

Insects that live and work

together with insects of the

same kind are called social

insects. These insects work

together to care for the

groups young and share

food . The group, called a

colony, lives together in one

nest. Young insects

become workers for

the colony. Ants, bees,

wasps, and termites

are all social insects.

Worker bees

build hives for

the colony .

Weaver ants

build nests

by weaving

plant leaves

together.

The Life Cycle

Like all insects, a social insect starts its life as an egg.

The egg hatches as larva . As it grows, it changes into

a pupa . Finally, it grows into an adult. The body

changes completely at each stage of development.

This set of changes is called metamorphosis .

The life cycle

of an ant

egg

larva

pupa

adult queen

Ants live together in a nest

on or in the ground or in

trees. Like most social

insects, ants are divided into

castes , or kinds. The queen

ant lays eggs. The male ants

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