香港生物多樣性博物館
HONG KONG BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
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Distribution:
Every continent except Antarctica
Habitat:
Underground, under rocks, on trees, or in the soil (ants); areas with flowering plants (bees); hollow trees, rock crevices, or manmade structures (wasps)
Diet:
Leaves, seeds, small insects, nectar, pollen, and honeydew
Number of species globally
115,000
Number of species in Hong Kong :
715
Morphology
(how to recognize them) :
-They have a wasp-waist (petiole) which is a constriction between the first and second abdominal segments
-The first abdominal segment is fused to the thorax
-Legless and blind larvae
Diagram
Did you know ?
Most ants you see are female, the colonies are composed by the queen and workers. Male ants are only used for mating and die afterward. Bees can flap their wings up to around 230 times a second, which creates a buzzing sound. Paper wasps make their own paper, they mix plant matter with their saliva and spit out a grey papery material to build their nest with.