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​ANTS
Insect     -    Invertebrate     -    Omnivore

Beetles, Bugs and insects

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A BULLET ANT

LEAF CUTTER ANTS

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Male:  Drone

Female:  Queen, Worker, Gyne

Young:  Lava, Pupa

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ANTS

• A giant colony of invasive Argentinian ants stretching 6000 Km or 3750 miles was discovered in Europe.
• Are the longest living of all insects, living for up to 30 years.
• All worker, soldier and queen ants are female.
• Ants and humans are the only creatures that farm other creatures.
• Some ants can swim.
• In many parts of the world, ants are eaten by humans as a delicacy.
• The worst enemy of an ant is another ant.
• Are capable of carrying objects 50 times their own body weight with their mandibles.
• Will enslave other ants, keeping them captive and making them do work for the colony.
• Ants' nests can be infested by smaller ants.
• ​Ants yawn and stretch their legs when they wake up.

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Visit:  Ants .  COLLECTIVE NOUNS, IDIOMS, METAPHORS and EXPRESSIONS

LEAF CUTTER ANT

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