What is an ant?
Q: What is an ant?
A: Ants are a type of insect that lives together in large colonies, and they belong to the family Formicidae.
Q: How are ants similar to wasps and bees?
A: Ants, wasps, and bees came from the same kind of animal a long time ago, but now they are different.
Q: How many different kinds of ants are there?
A: There are about 22,000 different kinds of ants, but only 12,500 have been documented.
Q: What are the physical characteristics of ants?
A: Ants have a thin middle called a thorax, and two long rods on their heads, called antennae.
Q: How do ants live together?
A: Ants live in groups that vary in size. Some live in small groups and eat other animals, while others work in big groups with millions of ants that travel every day in a large area.
Q: What makes ants strong?
A: Although ants are small, they are very strong. Some ants can carry things that are as heavy as 10 times their own weight.
Q: What is the role of the queen ant in the colony?
A: The queen ant is the mother of all the ants in the colony and is the only non-worker ant. The workers dig tunnels and carry food back to the colony so the queen and other ants can eat.
