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COME AND READ TOGETHER AS WE EXPLORE THE WORLD OF ANTS!

Ants live in large groups called COLONIES. Each colony consist of THREE types of ants. They are:

The QUEEN

The Workers

The Male Ant

The Queen and the Males have WINGS, while the workers do not. Usually, a colony consist of only ONE queen ant. The queen is the only ant that can lay eggs. The queen is also the LARGEST ant in the colony. 

The workers have different DUTIES to perform in the colony. Some of their duties are:

Taking care of eggs

Taking care of newly hatched LARVAE

Gather food and keep their nest clean

Ants use their ANTENNAE to find food and to find their way back home. Ants are OMNIVOROUS. They eat both meat and plants.

Some workers ants are given the duty of soldier to:

 Protect the queen

defend the colony and attack enemy colonies for food and nesting space.

These soldier ants are normally BIGGER than the rest of the workers. they also have BIGGER and STRONGER mandibles.

Now, answer these questions and submit them in our next class. If you have any questions, feel free to ask with the comment box.

How many types of ants are there in a colony?

Name three duties of worker ants.

What do ants use to find their way?

IF you were an ant, what kind of ant do YOU want to be and why?