Characteristics of ants

Ants are social animals, and there are unique ways of communication between ants.

If an ant touches the food it can't drag, it will go back along the route to call its companion, and then you can find the ant's nest through careful observation. Soon after the ants enter the nest, several ants will come out and crawl in the direction of food along the original road. On the way, some ants will turn around and meet other ants on the road. They can talk with tentacles.

Soon, many ants will come out of the nest to feed.

2, like sweets

The food that ants like to eat is sweets, such as sugar and bread crumbs. When the ant smells sweet, it will crawl slowly. First, it tests the food with its legs to see if it reacts. If it doesn't, it will eat it and try to drag it away.

3. You can tell the direction by smell.

When ants go out to look for food, they will erase a section of the road they have climbed with their hands, and then find that ants are at a loss when they find the original road. From this experiment, we can see that ants sometimes leave smells where they have climbed, or remember the natural smells along the way, which shows that ants need a sense of smell to find their way.

Extended data

Every ant colony will differentiate into queens, males, workers and soldiers.

1, queen ant

Generally, only one female in an ant colony can lay eggs, which we call the queen ant. The queen ant is the largest in the ant colony, especially in the abdomen, with developed senses, short tentacles, small chest and feet, wings, wings falling off or no wings. The main responsibility is to lay eggs, breed offspring and manage the whole population.

2. Male ants

Male ants, or father ants. Small head, undeveloped upper jaw and slender tentacles. The main function is to mate with the queen ant.

3. Worker ants

When the queen lays eggs, most of the eggs will develop into females, and these females will differentiate into teacher ants and soldier ants. Worker ants are capable ants. Wingless, generally the smallest individual in the group, but the largest number. Worker ants are infertile, only responsible for building and defending nests, collecting food and taking care of queens, eggs and young ants. Worker ants have small compound eyes and few or no single eyes. The maxilla, antennae and three pairs of pectoral feet are well developed and good at walking.

4, soldier ants

"Soldier ants" can also be understood as worker ants, who are also infertile females. The soldier ant has a big head and a well-developed upper jaw. It often kills or fights with venom with its jaws, making the enemy afraid to approach. Ordinary ants often have poisonous glands in their tails and sometimes in their mouths. They will spray poison gas on enemy ants, making them feel in a trance and weak, and then they will rush to kill them.

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