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Ants

outline
I part (general information)
- How ants colony functions
- Ant colony roles
- How ants communicate with each other
II part (extraordinary species of ants)
- Leaf cutters
- Fire ants
- APO
how does ants’ colony function?
-Eusocial insects

-Different roles(castes)

-Nest
Life cycles
ants’ communication
pheromone based communication
mutually beneficial relationships of leaf cutter ants
Fire ants adaptation mechanism
● Helps them to cope with floods
● Adhesive pad and claw
● Genus Solenopsis
ants raft
What ants can teach us?
- In computer science
- Ant colony optimization(APO) algorithms
- Helps to solve traveling salesman problem
materias used
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Welcome_to_AntWiki

https://sciencenode.org/feature/understanding-chemical-communication-in-ant-societies.p
hp

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-to-ant-colony-optimization/

https://askabiologist.asu.edu/individual-life-cycle

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/leafcutter-ants-rely-on-bacteria-to-
fertilise-their-fungus-gardens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ZysgGAABw
Thank you for your attention!

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