{"id":1367,"date":"2012-06-04T11:04:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2012-06-04T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T16:04:51","slug":"insects-and-their-amazing-poop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/insects-and-their-amazing-poop\/","title":{"rendered":"Insects And Their Amazing Poop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In nature, not much seems to go to waste.\u00a0 When an animal dies, there are always other animals ready to swoop in acting as nature\u2019s garbage disposal system.\u00a0 Once the animals are done, the insects<\/a> move in to finish off the job.\u00a0 If you look closely enough, one can always find ants carrying off insect parts or even entire insects that have died or have been killed.\u00a0 It\u2019s another example of the lack of waste in nature.<\/p>\n

Like all living things, when something is consumed, it will be expelled eventually in one form or another.\u00a0 In many cases in the insect world this \u201cfrass\u201d or \u201cpoop\u201d has a useful purpose in one way or another.<\/p>\n

All insects always eliminate waste products through their anus.\u00a0 Some ants and all young termites do not have the microbes that are needed to digest wood.\u00a0 Frass is obtained from the adults in the colony, often times directly from the anus.\u00a0 Once ingested, the frass consumption allows for the needed microbes to begin developing.\u00a0 Termites<\/a> also use their frass as construction material when they build their elaborate colonies.<\/p>\n

Leafcutter ants<\/a> that are the bottom of their social ladder in their colony spend their entire lifetime as the colonies poop remover.\u00a0 In the cockroach world, young cockroaches do not touch poop.\u00a0 It is the job of the adults to gather up all of the poop and carry it out of the nesting areas.<\/p>\n

One type of grasshopper has been found to poop out entire fruit seeds. Those seeds have even been found to germinate better than seeds that fall off of the trees or blow in the wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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