Why are ants so busy?

Ants:

• Ants belong to the kingdom Animalia and phylum Arthropoda.
• They come under the class Insecta and family formicidae.
• According to the fossil record, ants might have very early origin.
• Ants can be easily identified on the basis of their external feature such as geniculated or elbowed antenna along with distinctive node like structure that forms their waist.
• Ants are known to live in colonies.
• Every colony of ants should have most important two members known as queen and drones.
• Queens are the fertile female member of their colony, whereas drones are the fertile male member of their colony.

Why are ants so busy?

• Ants are known to live in colonies that can be small colony consisting of few dozen members of predatory ants living in a natural cavity, or it can be a very big organized colony consisting of millions of individuals on large territory.
• The ants colonies are said to be as a superorganism as they all work collectively with equally distributed work.
• Every colony of ants consists of few specialized ants such as workers. Workers are wingless ants mostly helping in the caring for the younger ones.
• The other group of ants consists of soldiers. Soldiers have the work to defend themselves and their colony. Soldier ants are larger, stronger and have a powerful mandible. All these characteristics helps them to have a good fight against any invader.
• The next group consist of the fertile males called as drones. Their prime work is to mate with females so as to increase the production of eggs.
• The most important member of ant colony is Queen or the female fertile ant. Its main function is to lay eggs to increase their numbers.
• The ants are said to be as a very busy animals as they have to look after the whole colony, or they can die without proper distribution of work such as workers go to look out for the food, and they also prepare the nest in which they all can live.

Fun Facts:

1. Ants are said to have a superhuman quality, they can carry the weight 10-50 times higher than their own weight.
2. Ants don’t have ear, instead they pick up the vibrations from the ground to follow their mate or to search for the food.
3. The population of ant is very much higher in number than human, it is estimated that there are about 1 million ants per person through the world.

Related Questions:

1. How do ants start new colonies?
2. What is the food of ant?
3. How does ant communicate?

True or False:

1. Ants are the new-found animals according to the fossil.
2. Ant lives in the colonies.
3. The ants are identified on the basis of their color.
4. Ants can live only in small colonies with just 2-8 members.
5. Ants worker have their prime function of laying eggs.

Objective Quiz:

1. The male fertile member of ant colony is known as ______.
   1. Drones.
   2. Queen.
   3. Worker.
   4. Soldier.
2. _______ have extra strength, are larger than others with a sharp mandible.
   1. Worker.
   2. Soldier.
   3. Drone.
   4. All of the above.
3. Ants colonies are said to be as a ______.
   1. Superorganism.
   2. Supercolony.
   3. Both 1) and 2).
   4. None of the above.
4. Queens have the prime function of ________.
   1. Laying eggs.
   2. Nurturing young ones.
   3. Both 1) and 2).
   4. None of the above.
5. Ants belong to the _______.
   1. Kingdom Animalia and phylum Arthropoda.
   2. Kingdom Animalia and phylum Annelida.
   3. Kingdom Plantae and phylum Annelida.
   4. None of the above.