Ant Anatomy
The segmented tail area of an ant.
What is the abdomen?
They are blackish in color. They damage wood by hollowing it out.
What is the Carpenter Ant?
How many phases are in the ant life cycle?
4
How many legs do ants have?
6
They are sensory appendages attached to the head.
What is the antennae?
They cut leaves to make fungus.
What is the Leaf Cutter Ant?
They are oval shaped and tiny.
What is the Egg?
Ants communicate using this.
What are scents (pheromones)?
The jaws of the ant.
What are mandibles?
They have a sac filled with poison that causes painful stings.
What is the Fire Ant?
Worm-like and has no eyes or legs.
What is the Larva?
This type of ant is said to belong to an area.
What is native?
The chest area of an insect.
What is the thorax?
The main food source for Texas Horned toads.
What is the Harvester Ant?
What is the pupa?
Ants are found on every continent except this one.
What is Antarctica?
The location of the brain, two compound eyes, and maxillary palps.
What is the head?
They get their name from their habit of running.
What are Crazy Ants?
The final phase of an ant life.
What is the adult?
A group that ants live in.
What is a colony?