• There are over 10000 known species of ants.
• Ants are more numerous than any other group of creatures on earth.
• Ant colonies of some species may contain more than half a million ants.
• The average life span of an ant is several months.
• Some worker ants live up to seven years.
• The queen ants can live up to 30 years or longer.
• A colony of ants may survive more than 20 years.
• The wood ant can threaten the enemy with open jaws.
• Like all insects, ants have six legs, each leg has three joints.
• Ants are found in almost every climate.
• The ant has very strong legs which help it to run very quickly.
• Ants appear in shades of grey, green, red, brown or yellow.
• An ant is able to lift about 20 times its own body weight.
• An ant uses its antenna for touch as well as smell.
• Ants normally range from 2 to 7 mm in length.
• The carpenter ant can reach a length of 2 cm.
• There is at least one queen in each ant colony and sometimes several.
• An ant has two stomachs, one for itself and the other it shares with other ants.
• Adult ants are unable to swallow solid food.
• An ant has the largest brain amongst insects.
• Some ants are able to sleep seven hours a day.
• Ants are mostly omnivorous.
• Queen ants have wings at birth; these wings fall off after they fly/start a new colony.
• Black and Wood ant’s defense is to squirt a spray of formic acid.
• Worker ants are given the responsibility of taking the rubbish from the nest.
• When a worker ant finds a source of food, it leaves a trail of scent to attract other ants 27) If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a horse.
• Ants are related to wasps and bees and live in colonies or nests.
• Ants eat a wide range of foodstuffs and can cause food contamination in homes.
• Some ants are small and persistent enough to get into almost anything anywhere.
• Ants can spread disease organisms; Pharaoh ants can carry many types of bacteria.
• Carpenter ants can cause major structural damage in homes.
• Ant problems never get better unless a pest professional is called in.

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