Random Ant Facts!!!!!!!?

Question

I need lots of random ant facts, thanx!!!!!!!

Answer 1

ants are anty, i think that was random enough

Answer 2

"All ant societies are divided into three castes: queens that found new colonies and thereafter function as egg-laying machines; winged males that take nuptial flight once with a queen, fertilizing her for life, then die; runt sterile females that lead tirelessly neuter lives that perform a variety of tasks. Some act as nurses, some as housekeepers, while others act as hunters and soldiers. " http://www.planet-pets.com/ants.htm

"Ants have colonised almost every landmass on Earth. The only places lacking indigenous ants are remote or inhospitable islands. Ants dominate most ecosystems, and form 15–20% of the terrestrial animal biomass." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

"Ants are found on all continents except Antarctica and only a few large islands such as Greenland, Iceland, parts of Polynesia and the Hawaiian Islands lack native ant species." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

"A new worker spends the first few days of its adult life caring for the queen and young. It then graduates to digging and other nest work, and later to defending the nest and foraging. These changes are sometimes fairly sudden, and define what are called temporal castes. An explanation for the sequence is suggested by the high casualties involved in foraging, making it an acceptable risk only for ants that are older and are likely to die soon of natural causes."   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

"Ants communicate with each other using pheromones."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

Ants can be deadly:

"Ants attack and defend themselves by biting and in many species, by stinging, often injecting or spraying chemicals like formic acid. Bullet ants (Paraponera), located in Central and South America, are considered to have the most painful sting of any insect, although it is usually not fatal to humans. This sting is given the highest rating on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. The sting of Jack jumper ants can be fatal, and an antivenin has been developed.  Fire ants, Solenopsis spp., are unique in having a poison sac containing piperidine alkaloids.Their stings are painful and can be dangerous to hypersensitive persons."  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

If you want more, just do a google search or read the entire entry from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

Hope that helps!

Answer 3

I live in Florida and we have FIRE ANTS!!!  Some facts about fire ants are:  If you disturb their nest they will bite you!  And it stings like a al;skfja;soifuj;io!!!!!!!!!!!!  They will eat baby animals, example: baby kittens, baby birds, etc.  they do this by "swarming" them and they are bitten so many times it actually kills them and then they are eaten.  To keep them out of your home * if you have mounds in your yard, they will make their way into your home* sprinkle baby powder daily and I actually leave some in corners and edges.  To kill them outside the #1 natural way is boiling water.  Hope this helps.

Answer 4

they dont like mint