Ant colony

powerful tool of emergent intelligence of a self-organizing system, a booming society emerges not with the help of one individual but, with the entire system working as a whole. As seen by in Steven Johnson and Cathy Davidson reading, “The Myth of the Ant Queens” and “Project Classroom Makeover respectively, shows that they both want to remove inhibitor of group intelligence and progress, in the attempt to create a more adaptive society. However, Johnson and Davidson embody the very nature that…

Termites are small, white insects that lives in colonies underground. These insects mainly feed on wood and use pheromones to follow trails leading to their source of food. Pheromones are defined as a chemical substance given off by an insect, that affects the behavior of other insects or species. [1] The purpose of this experiment is to test the hypothesis, that the tracking ability of the worker termite is impacted by the writing utensils used. One red Vollrath tray with lip, one Office Max…

war-painted like skeletons, clutched in copulation, secreting their precious eggs onto dripping leaves. Vines strangling their own kin in the everlasting wrestle for sunlight. The breathing of monkeys. A glide of snake belly on branch. A single-file army of ants biting a mammoth tree into uniform grains and hauling it down to the dark for their ravenous queen. And, in reply, a choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life…

and went to timeout in my room. One summer morning we had gotten bikes and were riding them around the dirt road behind the building. We found a red ant mound and as young, destructive children we didn't really think through the whole if you put your back tire on the mound and send it and the thousands of fire ants flying. Especially pissed off fire ants at two young…

as a household’s worst nightmare or enemy. While in some cases this is true, a small number of big population has been defined as pests that are harmful towards homes and forests. These insects usually live underground and feed on wood. Much like ants and bees, that are known to be eusocial, termites, too, are known as eusocial. Termites territory are key component to their survival. A lot like society, termites are divides into “social orders.”. The social orders include soldiers, workers,…

The Ants, a short story written in 1986, shows similarities to another document: The First History of Brazil from 1587. Additionally, the story also shows similarities to Jungian psychology with regard to the dwarf. The ants in the short story are rebuilding the dwarf skeleton, which can be read as the girls’ fear of exploring their own unconsciousness and inner beings. At the beginning of the story, The Ants, there are two young girls who find a dwarf skeleton that had been hidden by an old…

Few studies on the biology and life cycle of bostrichid beetles have been done with mostly concentrating on economically important species (Liu et al., 2008). Typically, the bostrichid beetle undergoes complete metamorphosis with four life stages – egg, larva, pupa and adult. Eggs are laid in crack and cervices of sawn lumber or logs. Larva hatch and bore ¼ inch into the wood. Tunnels are filled with tightly packed, fine sawdust-like materials. Pupation happens at the end of the tunnel. Once…

Termite Prevention Tips - Learn How To Keep These Destructive Pests Out Of Your Home There are two basic types of termites that infest homes in South Carolina. One is the subterranean termite and the other is the drywood termite. Within these two groups, there are various species of termites including the Formosan subterranean termite that is highly aggressive and destructive. All termites are similar in that they can destroy your home, yet they are very different from each other when it…

experiences and ways of thinking. Malcolm Gladwell, in “The Power of Context,” emphasizes the theory that the roles of the environment can impact the decisions and behaviors of human beings. And this is shown in, Steven Johnson’s, “The Myth of the Ant Queens” and Karen Ho’s, “Biographies of Hegemony.” It is said that, that a decision to commit a crime is more likely to emerge in disordered and vandalized environment, while an orderly and clean environment motivates people to adhere to social…

Anteaters are edentates. Edentate animals do not have teeth. Anteaters eat around 30,000 ants and terminates a day, ripping open anthills and termite mounds with its long, sharp claws. Its tongue is 2 feet long with tiny, sticky hooks. To avoid the pain of bites and stings, anteaters eat quickly by flicking their tongues around 150 times a minute. They also lick fruit that has fallen on the ground. Anteaters living in zoos have a different diet. A zoo in Germany offers their anteaters a mix of…