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The concept of migratory connectivity is much less frequently applied to insects, with the exception of the monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus) in North America [ 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]. Here we consider how, and to what extent, the connectivity framework is applicable to a variety of long-range insect migrants that undertake population movements traversing hundreds or even thousands of kilometers during their annual cycles (i.e., over spatial scales similar to those considered in the context of vertebrate migratory connectivity). However, if we wish to apply the migratory connectivity paradigm to insects, we need to consider three respects in which insect migrations differ in important ways to bird migrations, which we discuss in turn below. Their mass raids are considered the pinnacle of collective foraging behavior in the animal kingdom. The raids are a coordinated hunting swarm of thousands and, in some species, millions of ants. The ants spontaneously stream out of their nest, moving across the forest floor in columns to hunt for food. The raids are one of the most iconic collective behaviors in the animal kingdom. Scientists have studied their ecology and observed their complex behavior extensively. And while we know how these raids happen, we know nothing of how they evolved. Kelhoffer, James A. (2004). "Did John the Baptist eat like a former Essene? Locust-eating in the ancient Near East and at Qumran". Dead Sea Discoveries. 11 (3): 293–314. doi: 10.1163/1568517042643756. JSTOR 4193332. There is no reason, however, to question the plausibility of Mark 1:6c, that John regularly ate these foods while in the wilderness.It's hard to see in the small colonies because there are so few ants," said Chandra. "But we show statistically that this really is happening and we have instances where it's quite dramatic. So, even in small colonies of clonal raider ants, each ant seems to be following very similar rules for search behavior compared to an army ant, although it might not look like it at first glance. And as you increase colony size, the interactions between these ants lead to greater coordination, you start to see more obvious 'pushing parties' and you start to actually see spontaneous columns of ants leaving the nest." Army ants make their nests (known as bivouacs) at night with their own bodies. They organize themselves into a sort of huge ball in a tree trunk or a burrow that they dig for this purpose. Simpson, Stephen J.; Sword, Gregory A. (2008). "Locusts". Current Biology. 18 (9): R364–R366. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.029. PMID 18460311. Monitoring [ edit ] Eugenio Morales Agacino on expedition monitoring locusts in the desert of Spanish Sahara, 1942
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