Ants
Ants are the number one pests found around homes and buildings. Ants are not only a nuisance But ants also contaminate food, Cause damage to buildings, Build dangerous mounds in yards and some ants have painful stings that can be very dangerous to some people.
Ants are a very social insect and live together in colonies. Ant colonies range in size from a few hundred in a new colony to millions in an older established colony. All ant colonies contain different types of ants with a specific function to perform for the colony.
Queen Ants, All colonies have one or more Queens. The Queen ants number one function it to lay eggs to help grow and maintain the colony.
Worker Ants, all worker ants are females, and they are the smallest ants in the colony. Worker ants do all the work in a colony, including finding the food and building the nest.
Soldier Ants, The soldier ants are workers ants that are larger than the other workers. They defend the colony and in some species they use their large heads to make a door the block nest entrances.
Male Ants, most colonies have only a small number of male ants. Male ants live only a few weeks or months, they do not work and they die shortly after they mate.
Ants are a very social insect and live together in colonies. Ant colonies range in size from a few hundred in a new colony to millions in an older established colony. All ant colonies contain different types of ants with a specific function to perform for the colony.
Queen Ants, All colonies have one or more Queens. The Queen ants number one function it to lay eggs to help grow and maintain the colony.
Worker Ants, all worker ants are females, and they are the smallest ants in the colony. Worker ants do all the work in a colony, including finding the food and building the nest.
Soldier Ants, The soldier ants are workers ants that are larger than the other workers. They defend the colony and in some species they use their large heads to make a door the block nest entrances.
Male Ants, most colonies have only a small number of male ants. Male ants live only a few weeks or months, they do not work and they die shortly after they mate.
Ants Attacking a caterpillar
Ants are one of the best teams
in the insect world, they are well known for working together. Ants can defeat
prey much larger that an individual ant by working as a team. An individual ant
can lift around 20 times his own body weight,
by working together, ants move
objects weighing hundreds of time more that a single ant.