- Ant - Wikipedia
Other caterpillars have evolved from ant-loving to ant-eating: these myrmecophagous caterpillars secrete a pheromone that makes the ants act as if the caterpillar is one of their own larvae
- Ant | Description, Taxonomy, Habitat, Species, Life Cycle, Facts . . .
ant, (family Formicidae), any of approximately 10,000 species of insects that are social in habit and live together in organized colonies Ants occur worldwide but are most numerous, both in numbers and in species, in tropical and subtropical regions
- AntWiki
Antwiki provides a wealth of information on the world's ants 48,415 articles and 129,442 uploaded files by ant experts from around the world
- Ant Facts | Insects Arachnids | BBC Earth
Most ants are black, brown, red or yellow They range in size from as big as an AAA battery, like the giant Amazonian ant which measures up to 4cm, to an ant as small as one of the giant Amazonian ant’s hairs, such as the Carebara atoma, which measures less than a millimetre 6
- Ants, facts and information - National Geographic
There are up to tens of thousands of ant species in the world—and 47 of them are different species of leafcutter ants, which are found in the Western Hemisphere
- Ant - Types, Size, Anatomy, Habitat, Life Cycle, Lifespan, Pictures
The name ant derives from ante of Middle English, whereas the word Formicidae stems from the Latin word formīca, which translates to ‘an ant ’ According to AntWeb, as of 2025, there are over 14,000 extant species of ants
- 10 cool facts about ants! - National Geographic Kids
They may be small, but these little critters are powerful! These ant facts are the perfect way to learn about these incredible creatures
- Ant - New World Encyclopedia
The life of an ant starts with an egg If the egg is fertilized, the ant will be female (diploid); if not, it will be male (haploid) Ants are holometabolous and develop by complete metamorphosis, passing through larval and pupal stages (with the pupae being exarate) before they become adults
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