Like all insects, ants have six legs. And each of its leg has three joints.
It is believed that ants evolved from the wasps that were existing during teh Jurassic period.
There are more than 12,000 ant species in the world.
Ants can be found on every continents except antarctica.
The ant is one of the strongest creature in the world (in relation to its size). An ant can lift 20 - 50 times its own body weight.
The animal with the largest brain in propotion to its size is the ant.
Ants (with about 250,000 brain cells) are also believed to be the smartest species of insects.
It is believed that ants evolved from the wasps that were existing during teh Jurassic period.
There are more than 12,000 ant species in the world.
Ants can be found on every continents except antarctica.
The ant is one of the strongest creature in the world (in relation to its size). An ant can lift 20 - 50 times its own body weight.
The animal with the largest brain in propotion to its size is the ant.
Ants (with about 250,000 brain cells) are also believed to be the smartest species of insects.
Ants dont have lungs, and most of them have very poor eyesight.
Ants dont have ears. They ‘hear’ by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet.
Adult ants cannot swallow or chew solid food.
Most ants can survive around 24 hours underwater.
Ants breath through small holes located around their bodies. Oxygen enters (and carbon dioxide leaves) through these tiny holes all over the body.
Male ants (they dont look like ants) dont do any work in the colony and live only for a few months during the nuptial flight seasons.
The antenae of an ant is not only used for touch but also for their sense of smell.
Ants dont have ears. They ‘hear’ by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet.
Adult ants cannot swallow or chew solid food.
Most ants can survive around 24 hours underwater.
Ants breath through small holes located around their bodies. Oxygen enters (and carbon dioxide leaves) through these tiny holes all over the body.
Male ants (they dont look like ants) dont do any work in the colony and live only for a few months during the nuptial flight seasons.
The antenae of an ant is not only used for touch but also for their sense of smell.
Ants have two stomachs, one stomach is used to hold food for themselves and the other one for others – if you see ants “kissing”, they are actually not kissing but instead feeding each other from their social stomachs (the process is called trophallaxis).
All soldier, worker, and queen ants are female.
Male ants often have only one role, that is, mating with the queen. After these male ants have performed that function, they may die.
Ant communities are headed by a queen or queens. The job of the queen is to lay as many eggs which the worker ants look after.
When the queen dies, the colony can only survive a few months.
All soldier, worker, and queen ants are female.
Male ants often have only one role, that is, mating with the queen. After these male ants have performed that function, they may die.
Ant communities are headed by a queen or queens. The job of the queen is to lay as many eggs which the worker ants look after.
When the queen dies, the colony can only survive a few months.
The queen ant lays all the eggs in the anthill.
The workers are wingless females (the ones typically seen by humans) that never reproduce but instead forage for food, work on the nest, care for the queen’s offspring and protect the community.
At night, the worker ants move the larvae and eggs deep into their nest in order to protect them from the cold.
Some ants can have up to three queens.
When ants fight, they fight to the death.
Some ants can swim.
The workers are wingless females (the ones typically seen by humans) that never reproduce but instead forage for food, work on the nest, care for the queen’s offspring and protect the community.
At night, the worker ants move the larvae and eggs deep into their nest in order to protect them from the cold.
Some ants can have up to three queens.
When ants fight, they fight to the death.
Some ants can swim.
When worker ants find a source of food, they will leave a trail of scent to attract other ants in their colony to it. They will rely heavily on that trail of scent to guide them to the food.
Some ant species are asexual, this means that they do not require any males because they can clone themselves.
Ants from different colonies treat each other as enemies (even within the same species). They use their mandibles or jaws to hold antennae or legs of an enemy ant while nest mates tear the victim apart.
Each colony of ants have their own unique smell. This is why when an ant lose the smell of the colony after a few days it left the colony, it will be treated as an enemy if that ant returns to its colony.
Some ant species make slaves out of another ant species.
Some ant species are asexual, this means that they do not require any males because they can clone themselves.
Ants from different colonies treat each other as enemies (even within the same species). They use their mandibles or jaws to hold antennae or legs of an enemy ant while nest mates tear the victim apart.
Each colony of ants have their own unique smell. This is why when an ant lose the smell of the colony after a few days it left the colony, it will be treated as an enemy if that ant returns to its colony.
Some ant species make slaves out of another ant species.
Humans and ants are the only creatures that farm other creatures.
The common black ants and wood ants have no sting, however, they can squirt a spray of formic acid.
The Army Ant of South America (Ecitron Burchelli) can have as many as 700,000 members in its colony.
Ants look much like termites, however ants have a narrow ‘waist’ between their thorax and abdomen, which termites do not.
The common black ants and wood ants have no sting, however, they can squirt a spray of formic acid.
The Army Ant of South America (Ecitron Burchelli) can have as many as 700,000 members in its colony.
Ants look much like termites, however ants have a narrow ‘waist’ between their thorax and abdomen, which termites do not.