This is because humidity
plays an integral part in softening the soil, which
Acrididae
Gryllidae
Blattellidae
Drosophilidae
Sciaridae
Sphaeroceridae
Tipulidae
Carabidae
Coccinellidae
Scarabaeidae
Scolytidae
Staphylinidae
Formicidae236 N. Wichaikam et al. Thai Journal of Agricultural Science
presumably enables them to build nests more easily
(Watanasit et al., 2000).