Ants: Day Care for the Young

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In this leaf cutter ant colony, the queen lays her eggs in the nursery gardens, where adult worker ants care for and feed the larvae. Social insects such as ants, termites, and some bees and wasps live in organized groups called colonies. These colonies have been called "superorganisms." Each individual can be compared to the cell of an organism, while groups of individuals that specialize in a given task (such as rearing, foraging, gardening, or guarding) can be compared to organs.

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