Multifaceted ants: 20 interesting facts that will surprise

Interesting facts from the life of ants

1. There are 14 species of ants on earth. They differ in size, the smallest is 2 mm, and the largest is 5 cm.
2. An ant family can number several dozen individuals, or maybe several million. African wandering ants have huge families, several million insects, on the way of which it is dangerous to get caught even by the largest animals.
3. About 10 quadrillion ants live on the planet. There are about a million individuals for every inhabitant.
4. The largest colony of ants covers an area of ​​​​about 6 thousand square kilometers, and has a billion insects.
5. Small ants can carry loads that are a hundred times their own.
6. They communicate with each other by touching the antennae located on their heads.
7. The female mates with the male once, and then consumes the supply of sperm throughout her life.
8. Some species have a sting. Ant-bulldog, living in Australia, fatally stings its prey, its poison is dangerous to humans.
9. The sting site of a bullet ant hurts for 24 hours, and three times the name of this species of ant 24 hours.
10. Leaf cutter ants grow mushrooms that their family feeds on. There are those that grow aphids and feed on the juice that they secrete.
11. They do not have ears, but they pick up vibrations with their feet and knees.
12. Ants can create bridges from their bodies to cross water barriers.
13. The female ant marks the members of her family with a special smell.
14. By smell, ants find dead individuals in the anthill and take them out.
15. The brain of ants has 250 thousand cells, and this is despite the small size of the insects themselves.
16. The queen lives 12-20 years, working individuals up to 3 years.
17. Ants take captive their relatives and force them to work for themselves.
18. These insects have two stomachs, one digests food, and the second stores a supply for their relatives.
19. They remember the road leading to food well, ants without cargo give way to those that return with cargo.
20. All worker ants are females, males appear only to fertilize females for a short time and soon die.

Conclusion

Ants are amazing insects that live almost all over the earth, except for Antarctica and the Arctic. Their diligence and organization distinguish them from other types of insects.