2007-05-27 11:21:37 · 0 answers · asked by catherine 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Not exactly. Apparently, it takes a different kind of brain complexity than insects have to sleep. Researchers can observe brainwaves these days and insects neither achieve sleep nor REM sleep (dreaming). But, they go into "trances" of restful periods during which they are completely aware of their surroundings and predators. Insects have an enormously "fast" metabolism and short life span that sort of burns like a Roman candle and pretty much wide awake all the time. Some circadia have a 13 -17 year life cycle and many people think that they sleep underground during that part of their life cycle. But, actually, after their eggs hatch and the babies or "nymphs" fall to the ground, they burrow down and pretty much are awake for however long they remain there before they re-emerge.
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