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Social caterpillars, the Glossary

Index Social caterpillars

The collective behaviors of social caterpillars falls into five general categories: collective and cooperative foraging, group defense against predators and parasitoids, shelter building, thermoregulation and substrate silking to enhance steadfastness.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Ant, Bee, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Collective, Cooperative, Eastern tent caterpillar, Eriogaster lanestris, Euonymus, Eusociality, Foraging, Forest tent caterpillar moth, Group size measures, Hymenoptera, Larva, Madrone butterfly, Malacosoma, Marsh fritillary, Moth, Nymphalidae, Nymphalis antiopa, Ochrogaster lunifer, Parasitoid, Pheromone, Pine processionary, Predation, Sawfly, Sociality, Termite, Thermoregulation, Wasp, Zoology.

  2. Insect behavior
  3. Lepidopterology

Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Bee

Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.

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Butterfly

Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight.

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Caterpillar

Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). Social caterpillars and Caterpillar are Lepidopterology.

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Collective

A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest or work together to achieve a common objective.

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Cooperative

A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".

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Eastern tent caterpillar

The eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae, the tent caterpillars or lappet moths.

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Eriogaster lanestris

Eriogaster lanestris, commonly known as the small eggar, is a moth of the family Lasiocampidae that is found across the Palearctic.

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Euonymus

Euonymus is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae.

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Eusociality (Greek εὖ eu "good" and social) is the highest level of organization of sociality. Social caterpillars and Eusociality are Sociobiology.

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Foraging

Foraging is searching for wild food resources.

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Forest tent caterpillar moth

The forest tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma disstria) is a moth found throughout North America, especially in the eastern regions.

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Group size measures

Many animals, including humans, tend to live in groups, herds, flocks, bands, packs, shoals, or colonies (hereafter: groups) of conspecific individuals. Social caterpillars and group size measures are Sociobiology.

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Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.

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Larva

A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.

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Madrone butterfly

Eucheira socialis, commonly known as the Madrone butterfly is a lepidopteran that belongs to the family Pieridae.

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Malacosoma

Malacosoma is a genus of moth in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.

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Marsh fritillary

The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

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Moth

Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.

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Nymphalidae

The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world.

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Nymphalis antiopa

Nymphalis antiopa, known as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America.

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Ochrogaster lunifer

Ochrogaster lunifer, the bag-shelter moth or processionary caterpillar, is a member of the family Notodontidae.

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Parasitoid

In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host.

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Pheromone

A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.

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Pine processionary

The pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth of the subfamily Thaumetopoeinae in the family Notodontidae, known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous forests.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Sawfly

Sawflies are wasp-like insects that are in the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps.

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Sociality is the degree to which individuals in an animal population tend to associate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies. Social caterpillars and Sociality are Sociobiology.

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Termite

Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.

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Thermoregulation

Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different.

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Wasp

A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder.

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Zoology

ZoologyThe pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon.

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See also

Insect behavior

Lepidopterology

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_caterpillars