In terms of leadership, we should all be spitfires

Many animal societies have "despotic" leadership models, meaning that the leaders dominate the followers. You see this in societies such as wolves, etc. Perga affinis, a type of insect common in Australia (often called a "spitfire" or "sawfly") may be bucking this trend.

The spitfires work as a group to forage nocturnally; they can basically strip the le…