### animal | arthropod | insect | pupa:

Obtect pupa
* Many obtect pupae are enclosed within a cocoon.
* e are most characteristic of moths and butterflies.

### animal | arthropod | insect:

Queen
* Most queen termites have lifespans.
* Most queens are member of hives
  - begin their colony without workers, and their first batch of eggs develops into workers
  - cope well with four to six kittens
  - eat nectar
  - find nest sites
  - give birth to offspring
* Most queens have children
  - colonies
  - flesh
  - food
  - growth
  - heads
  - long life
  - mouths
  - smooth stingers
  - white flesh
* Most queens live for few years
  - several years
  - probably live just one or a few years though, again depending on species
  - produce workers
  - return to colonies
* Most queens survive for years
  - hibernation
  - winter
* Some queen termites live for years
  - up to decades
* Some queens collect pollen
  - come out of hibernation
  - develop into workers
  - feed larvae
  - go into hibernation
* Some queens have egg production
  - sons
  - spots
  - wings
  - kill predators
* Some queens leave colonies
  - old colonies
  - live for decades
  - mate with drones
* Some queens produce milk
  - provide food
* Some queens reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
* Some queens seek out nest sites
  - suitable nest sites
* Some queens survive autumn
  - seasons
* are aristocrats
  - beheadeds
  - chess pieces
  - chessmans
  - cities
  - face cards
  - females
  - fictional characters
  - insects
* are located in beehives
  - castles
  - monarchies
  - monarchs
  - part of chess
  - personification
  - royalty
  - sovereigns
  - stations
  - twice as long or longer
  - unable to raise a brood alone
* are used for chess
  - countries
  - heads of state
  - kings
  - people
  - rules
  - rulings
  - women
* arise when workers in a colony selectively feed chosen larvae royal jelly.
* begin laying eggs which, in turn, are tended by workers.
* come out of hibernation, and select a new spot to make a nest.
* control colonies.
* dominate workers and workers dominate each other.
* feed on pollen.
  - roles
* includes air sacs
  - arms
  - body substances
  - brains
  - carapaces
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - human bodies
  - legs
  - material bodies
  - necks
  - nuclei
  - personality
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - sections
  - shells
  - skulls
  - thoraxes
  - vacuoles
* is an insect
* live an average of on to three years
  - as long as the colony
  - long lives in comparison with their workers and are prolific breeders
  - natural life span
* make poor potted or indoor plants.
* need proteins.
* possess energy.
* produce unfertilized eggs that hatch into drones, or male honey bees
* secrete pheromone.
* seek shelter.
* sit on their own colour.
* tend to be found at the center of an ant's nest
  - prefer moist areas, commonly found in rotting wood

### animal | arthropod | insect | queen:

Mated queen
* is the only one to survive the frosts.
* lay eggs which become workers or queens.

New queen
* build up fat reserves to overwinter.
* call to each other and workers when they first emerge.
* emerge about a week or so after the males
  - during the late summer or early autumn

Pregnant queen
* deliver their litters by themselves, guided by instinct.
+ Cat, Behaviour, Birth and after
  * Pregnant queens deliver their litters by themselves, guided by instinct. The queen finds the safest place she can. Then she will clean it thoroughly, with her tongue, if necessary. Here she will quietly give birth. She licks the newborn kits clean. In the wild, leaving a scent is risking a dangerous encounter with other animals.