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social insect

any of numerous species of insects that live in colonies and manifest three characteristics: group integration, division of labour, and overlap of generations
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social insect

Summary

social insect has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • social insect is a type of insect[2].
  • social insect's Commons category is recorded as Social insects[3].
  • social insect's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Social insects[4].
  • social insect's partially coincident with is recorded as Q121304628[5].
  • social insect's has characteristic is recorded as eusociality[6].

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Definition and Type

social insect is a type of insect[2].

Why It Matters

social insect has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Aschiff-emco · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → insect
    Wikidata description → any of numerous species of insects that live in colonies and manifest three char
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1200566]]"
  2. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Wikidata description → any of numerous species of insects that live in colonies and manifest three char
    Topic's main category → Category:Social insects
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2675513
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20886, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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