The Ant

Friday

Do you know, for every human there are 1,000,100 ants....Ants are social insects that live in large colonies ad have developed complex systems of communication.Ants have two pair of compound eyes,three single eyes,orocelli,two antennae,and three pair of legs.only queens and males have wings

• Ant nest

weaver ants build nests out of leaves on trees,and army ants build "live nests" of worker ants.Normally there is one queen ant,but there are several sometimes.

• Communication

Ants lay trails of pheromones-chemicals that smell-so that other ants can follow them by using their sensitive antennae to pick up the smell

• Feeding

Many ants are omnivores and eat seeds,nectar,invertebrates.army and driver ants are more carnivorous,and eats spiders,worms etc. by killing them,

• Defence

If a nest is attacked,the ants release pheromones to warm each other.Most run for cover,butsoldier ants get aggressive and defend the colony.they attack with their large jaws,or string them and inject formic acid,which causes extreme pain