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Have Insects ever been observed playing?

As we know the young of most species engage in some play with their littermates or parents, Has any species of Insects ever been known or documented to have ever played for the sake of enjoyment or is that limited to higher functioning organisms?
gpt
There haven't been any conclusive studies showing play in Arthropods but that doesn't mean they  don't.  According to Gordon Burghardt these are the requirements for play of non humans:

1.The performance of the behavior is not fully functional in the form or context in which it is expressed; that is, it includes elements, or is directed toward stimuli, that do not contribute to current survival.
2.The behavior is spontaneous, voluntary, intentional, pleasurable, rewarding, reinforcing, or autotelic (done for its own sake). This characteristic, more than the others, seems to require an inference about the animal’s inner mental state.
3.[The behavior] differs from strictly functional expressions of behavior structurally or temporally in at least one respect: incomplete (generally through inhibited or dropped final elements), exaggerated, awkward, precocious, or involves behavior patterns with modified form, sequencing, or targeting.
4.The behavior is performed repeatedly in a similar, but not rigidly stereotyped, form during at least a portion of the animal’s ontogeny.
5.The behavior is initiated when an animal is adequately fed, clothed, healthy, and not under stress (e.g., from physical danger, harsh weather, illness, social instability, family dysfunction), or intense competing systems (e.g., feeding, mating, competition, fear): In other words, the animal is in a ‘relaxed field.