• Which insects have air-conditioned nests?
  In insect nests, most of the "living accommodation" is below ground. ...

• How many eggs does a queen termite lay?
  The queen termite's only job is to lay eggs, and she may become much ...

• Which termites are suicide bombers?
  There are termite species which don't have a soldier caste. The ...

• Which ants like a thorny home?
  The acacia ant makes its small nest just in the spiny tips of twigs ...

• How do ants grow mushrooms?
  The leaf-cutter ants, of tropical America, cut out pieces of leaf to ...

• When is an ant like a honeypot?
  Among Myrmecocystus ants, of North America, some of the workers are ...

• What animal lives in your eyelashes?
  Almost all of us have tiny mites living in the sockets of our eyes. ...

• Why do ants tap?
  When ants tap each others antennae, it is a way of communicating. ...

• What do centipedes have for dinner?
  Centipedes eat insects, slugs, and other creepy-crawlies; they even ...

• Why do ants need slaves?
  Some ants are forced to act as workers for other species. The ...