Parental care
or, the short story of a bug
Parental care in insects ranges from covering eggs with a protective coating
to remaining to feed and protect young,
to forming eusocial societies with alloparental care
and lifelong associations of parents and offspring.
Various forms are widespread taxonomically and care is most developed in Hemiptera (true bugs).
The most rudimentary form of maternal care is provided by females that incorporate toxins into their eggs,
oviposit them in protected places, or cover their eggs with a hard shell or wax-like compound before abandoning them...
Thus, insects not only show a variety of forms of parental care, but also many demonstrate behavioral plasticity that allows them to adjust the level or form of care to changing circumstances.
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