The document discusses ants, including their scientific name Formicidae, that they typically live in eastern US soil in colonies of 3,000-4,000 members with multiple queens, and that they are social insects that live in colonies consisting of queens, winged males, and wingless workers who have a varied omnivorous diet including seeds, nectar, insects, and small animals.
The document discusses ants, including their scientific name Formicidae, that they typically live in eastern US soil in colonies of 3,000-4,000 members with multiple queens, and that they are social insects that live in colonies consisting of queens, winged males, and wingless workers who have a varied omnivorous diet including seeds, nectar, insects, and small animals.
The document discusses ants, including their scientific name Formicidae, that they typically live in eastern US soil in colonies of 3,000-4,000 members with multiple queens, and that they are social insects that live in colonies consisting of queens, winged males, and wingless workers who have a varied omnivorous diet including seeds, nectar, insects, and small animals.
is Formicidae. Where the ants live? These ants can live inside the soil. Ants typically found in the eastern half of the United States. Pavement ant colonies averages 3,000 to 4,000 members and have several queens.
Ants feed on a large range of food, like
sweet food. Most of the ant species are omnivorous and eat seeds, nectar, and other invertebrates. Army ant are carnivorous they hunt and eat prey such as worm, spiders and even something small vertebrates like lizards.
They are social insects, which means they live in large
colonies or group. Depending on the species, ant colonies can consist of million of ants. There are three kinds of ants in a colony: The queen, the female workers, and males. The queen and the males have wings, while the workers don’t have wings.