# Do insects have personalities?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxDebrecenUniversity
- Speaker: Melinda Babits
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_babits_do_insects_have_personalities)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Have you confused a bee with a wasp, or an ant with a termite? Are all bugs the same to you? Zoologist Melinda Babits aims to change your mind. Babits' insightful research on insect behavior suggests that bugs are creatures with distinct personalities — and that studying their conduct might teach us a thing or two about human interaction.

## Lectures

1. [Do insects have personalities?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/melinda_babits_do_insects_have_personalities/00426cc5b05f), 12 min (TED's player)