Social Structures

Colony

Large aggregation sharing nesting or roosting sites

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Gypsy Cuckoo Bumblebee

No nest. No workers. All takeover.

Yellowish Cuckoo Bumblebee (formerly Fernald's Cuckoo Bumblebee)

The nest-hijacking bumblebee

Lemon Cuckoo Bumblebee

No workers. No pollen. All infiltration.

Field Cuckoo Bumblebee

No workers. Just takeover.

Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee

The bumblebee that steals a colony

Vestal Cuckoo Bumblebee

Pollinator and colony hijacker.

Bagworm Moth

Nature's moths in mobile armor

Dried Fruit Moth

Find the webbing, find the moth.

Yellow-faced Bee

Masked bees, hidden pollen power

Leafcutter Bee

Nature's tiny leaf-cutting architects

Furrow Bee

Small bees, big pollination power

Milkweed aphids

Golden sap-sipper of milkweed

Black Aphids

Tiny bugs, huge plant impact

Sandworm

Bristle worms: engineers of the seafloor

Stromatolite

Rocks built by microbes, for eons

Cane Rat

Grasscutters of Africa's tall reeds

Titanosaur

Cretaceous giants, sometimes armored

Redear Sunfish

The Shellcracker Sunfish

Chilean Recluse Spider

Six eyes, one hiding place: corners.

Mourning Gecko

One gecko can start a colony