Page 238 - The Microworld Miracle

sands of insect species that have not yet been discovered or de-
scribed, each has its own separate structures. Even the best-known
and most studied insects possess amazing properties.
For instance, some of the most widely studied insects such as
ants, bees and termites, possess exceedingly developed social sys-

tems, and releasing various chemical compounds to communicate.
They organize themselves to establish division of labor in their col-
onies. They can construct nests like miniaturized skyscrapers and
perfect honeycombs. Such species of ant engage in agriculture and
sewing, and some solitary bees practice pottery. Communal bees

produce honey and beeswax in their hives.
Some other classes of insects undergo metamorphosis. A cater-
pillar that eats leaves emerges from its chrysalis as a brightly col-
ored butterfly. Silkworms produce threads used in clothing.
Grasshoppers and fleas are prodigious jumpers. Fireflies produce
their own cold light in the most economical manner. Some insects
live symbiotic lives with plants or even with other insects. Insects

display astonishing properties of speed, flight, leaping and run-
ning. When it comes to these special attributes, only a few of which
have been listed here, evolutionists, who cannot even account for
the origins of insects in general terms, can go no further than re-

peated their time-worn explanations creations.
THE MICROWORLD MIRACLE insect behavior assumes a whole new significance. These forms and

INSECTS FASCINATING BEHAVIOR

Looked at from the point of view of evolutionary mechanisms,

properties of insect behavior refute the fundamental mechanisms of

236 evolution. As touched on briefly earlier, the most advanced behav-