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Male wasps use spiky genitals to defend themselves from predators

Male mason wasps have no sting, but they have spines on their genitals that can cause a pricking pain, and these are effective at deterring some frogs from eating them

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Malewasp_treefrog_2.jpg: A male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) stinging and biting a tree frog (Dryophytes japonica).

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Fossils reveal the dinosaur era's changing insect soundscape

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A male katydid fossil from the Early Cretaceous period

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Ant pupae produce a nourishing liquid food for larvae and adults

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Clonal raider ants (Ooceraea biroi) and their larvae may be nourished by a liquid secreted by the species' pupae
Army ant embedded in amber

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Oldest army ant found in 35-million-year-old Baltic amber

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Honeybees in a hive

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Honeybees are living half as long as they were 50 years ago

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An ant drinking from a drop of clear liquid

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Ants appear to feel more optimistic after a sugary treat

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Ant on a small plant

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Ants have evolved to farm plants on at least 15 separate occasions

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Honeybee swarms generate more electricity per metre than a storm cloud

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AI-controlled robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches

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AI-controlled robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches

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Dazzling photographs reveal the world on a microscopic scale

From a close-up of a 1-millimetre-wide coral polyp to a shot of a tiger beetle clasping a fly, these photos are some of the top entries in the Nikon Small World 2022 Photomicrography competition

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Slime mold (Lamproderma)

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Common insecticide may impair navigation in big brown bats

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There are 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants crawling all over Earth

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Bioengineered plants help produce moth pheromones for pest control

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Moths are more important for pollination than we thought

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