- A person who studies ants is called a
myrmecologist.
- Fire ants are very dangerous because
of their bite - we are trying to keep them out of New
Zealand. Fire ants attack and bite anything
moving.
- Ants follow each other by smelling
the trail left by other ants.
- In 20 days a queen ant can lay
100,000 eggs.
- Ant nests have a queen, lots of
female worker ants, a few males with wings, and some
soldier ants, who defend the colony.
- Most ants are omnivorous, which means
they eat almost anything, including insects, honeydew,
sweets, greases, oils, vegetables, and bread.
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