An incredible fact of a small ant!

hasanpoen (33)in #nature • 7 years ago (edited)

The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) have abundant species and populations, consisting of 16 sub families, 296 genera and 15,000 species have been identified, Most of them live in tropical forests such as Asia and South America. Their number could reach half of the total insects living in the area.

Most of the ants are known as social insects, with their colonies and nests regularly organizing thousands of ants per colony. Members of the colony are divided into worker ants, male ant, and ant queen. There is also a guardian ants group. One colony can control a wide area to support their lives. Anth colonies are sometimes called "superorganisms" because of their colonies that form a unity.

Despite its relatively small size, ants include the strongest animals in the world. The male ant can sustain a burden weighing fifty times from its own weight, compared with an elephant that can only support the burden weighing twice on its own weight. The ants only compete with rhinoceros beetles capable of supporting the burden weighing 850 times their own weight.

ants known to have high solidarity among his neighbor, is one of the most sophisticated species insects on Earth, almost no insects as strong as ants. according to the scientists, they have survived for 6 million years because they were gift of God for able to adapt to good wherever they stay. the following is a small portion facts amazing and unique of ants we need to know before we stepping on they are passing on the ground and floor our House:

Ants smarter than you think of.
Animals with brain most large proportion when compared with the whole body is ants. they are known as one of the species smartest among insects other. they have around 250.000 brain cells in his head.
Ants very experts in the field of agriculture
Did you know, not that ants have started farming and gardening 50 million years earlier before humans to increase their amount of food. The ants use highly sophisticated horticultural techniques to improve their crops. They secrete chemicals rich in antibiotics to inhibit the growth of fungi. Their nests are also built with highly sophisticated systems to control temperature and humidity.
Ant An Expert Strategy of War
Between different species of ants, even those that sometimes "fight" and "fight" with each other, and this battle can continue for several hours, even days and weeks.
One of the most widespread ant battle ranges is a kind of Pavement Ant fighting. And the greatest battle is between the Argentine ant supercolonies that caused the deaths of millions of dead victims in just one day.
Different again with the ants Amazon, they are a kind of ants who like to "enslave" other ants to be employed. They get slaves from the invasions to other ant nests. Before attacking they will observe the opposing nest. After two days, amazon ants immediately attacked, they easily conquered an opponent who on average has been panicked and not organized at all. Slaves were also obtained.
Number of Ants Very Many Once
If calculated, 10% of all animals in the world are ants. And if weighed, the mass of all ants on earth equals the mass of all human beings on earth.
Ants Can Form Superkoloni
Ants of Argentina is a type of ant that likes to attack. They form a large and abundant supercoloni in California, USA. The supercoloni has millions of nests with a range of nearly hundreds of miles and a depth of nest 6 meters down. Ants from different nests but in one colony very rarely seen each other attack each other. The largest supercolonials are in southern California, with a length of 600 miles.
Ant Age Only A Few Months Unlike His Queen.
Workers ants can only survive for 45-60 days, compared with the queen ant who can live up to 20 years old. And when the queen dies, the ant colony can only last a few months.
Carnivorous Ants
Africa and Asia, there are ant species that can kill and eat other larger animals by "tearing" them. The ants are known as Ant Drivers, Safari Ant and Siafu. These ant types are very powerful hunters, and they make the most of their numbers as they target prey. So the lesson, the strength of the group is important.
Ant drivers have been found killing human and horse babies being tied up in wood. An ant driver will kill anything near their nest, even 100,000 dead animals in a day because of this vicious ant colony. These ants also like to move around for prey, such as insects, spiders, lizards, snakes, chickens and other small animals. Sometimes climbing trees and attacking birds in the nest.
Ants that Likes to Breed
Other than farming, hunting and fighting, they also love to raise. And what they cultivate is not chicken, especially goat cow. What they cultivate is the Aphid, a kind of beetle.
Honey ants get the sweet honey from the secretion of the aphid. Ants will protect and feed the beetle. They chose plants suitable for the Aphids to live safely. If there are predators or parasites coming, then the ants will be bringing aphid to another place. They will defend and defend the aphids. What an Aphid's life.
Slavery in the Ant World
Slave-Maker ant is a type of ant that likes to raided another ant's nest and stole their pupa. And when the pupa hatches, and becomes ants, the ants are then made into slaves in the colony.
Caste in the Ant World
The queen ant is larger than its worker. They have a larger thorax and abdomen than their workers. After finding a new colony, the queen's job is to produce many worker ants, male ants and other queens. They can live for 20 years and can produce thousands of eggs in their lives. Male ants have the smallest body in the ant caste. Their duty is only one, which is to fertilize the queen during the marriage ritual. And will die after a few days.
Worker ants have the task of feeding, caring for babies, building nests and keeping colonies and queens. An army ant that is characterized by a large head is in charge of guarding their nests from enemy attacks.