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Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify each other
The neurons in wasp brains that help them recognise hive mates are similar to those in the brains of primates, including humans
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Nocturnal ants use polarised moonlight to find their way home
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A cicada double brood is coming 鈥� it’s less rare than you think
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Sleeping bumblebees can survive underwater for a week
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Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species
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Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own babies
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Fluffy beetle discovered in Australia may be the world’s hairiest
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City moths may have evolved smaller wings due to light pollution
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Bumblebees show each other how to solve complex puzzles
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Deadly plant kills its pollinators but nurses their young
A deadly flower kills the gnats that pollinate it but may help the insects鈥� offspring in return, which indicates that plant-pollinator relationships may be more complex than previously thought
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Air pollution is changing the scent of flowers and confusing insects
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Stunning slo-mo videos show how insects survive raindrop collisions
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Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers
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Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons
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