ANTS
Insect     -    Invertebrate     -    Omnivore

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HOUSE ANT

LEAF CUTTER ANTS

A BULLET ANT

ARMY ANTS

Ants ...

Beetles, Bugs and insects

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• 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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Male   ................................................  Drone
Female   ............................................  Queen. Worker. Gyne
Young   .............................................  Lava.  Pupa

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. An army of ants 
2. A bike of ants
3. A colony of ants
   
4. A nest of ants
   
5. A state of ants
6. A swarm of ants
   

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SOLDIER ANT

HARVESTER ANTS

LEAF CUTTER ANT

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IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. Ants in one's pants
   
2. Working like an ant
   

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