There's actually a fair amount of recent research on consciousness in insects. There's hardly universal agreement and no one really thinks consciousness is a bi

There's actually a fair amount of recent research on consciousness in insects. There's hardly universal agreement and no one really thinks consciousness is a binary yes/no thing but I get the impression that most researchers are willing to say that insects have many signs of consciousness putting them further along the spectrum than previously thought. Here's just one of the many articles about consciousness in insects: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/expanding-consciousness https://www.americanscientist.org/article/expanding-consciou...