Insect cognition Insect cognition Insect cognition describes the mental capacities and study of those capacities in insects. The field developed from comparative psychology where early studies focused more on animal behavior. Researchers have examined insect cognition in bees, fruit flies, and wasps. Research questions consist of experiments aimed to evaluate insects abilities with perception, attention, memory (wasp multiple nest), spatial cognition, tools use, problem solving, and concepts. Unlike in animal behavior the concept of group cognition plays a big part in insect studies. It is hypothesized some insect classes like ant and bees think with a group cognitive to function within their
Myrmecia (ant) the venoms from these ants are among the most toxic in the insect world. In Tasmania, 3% of the human population are allergic to the venom of "M. pilosula" and can suffer life-threatening anaphylactic reactions if stung; many human deaths have been recorded. People prone to severe allergic reactions can be treated with allergen immunotherapy (desensitisation). The generic name "Myrmecia" derives from Greek word "Myrmec-" (+ -"ia"), meaning "ant". In Western Australia, the Australian Aborigines called these ants "kallili" or "killal", meaning "lion-ant". Ants of this genus are popularly known as bulldog ants, bull ants or jack jumper ants. This