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Like bees, ants also have this at the end of their gaster.
What is a stinger.
100
Where all worker ants carry food to the "ruler ant".
What is the Queen's chamber.
100
Ants live in organized communities called what?
What are colonies.
100
Ants won't live in this type of climate.
What is cold weather.
200
These are used for smelling, touching, feeling movement, and tasting.
What are antennae.
200
Where ants collect and store their food.
What is the storage chamber.
200
These types of ants gather and store food.
What are harvester ants.
200
Like humans, ants have these to care for their eggs.
What are nurseries.
300
The middle section of an ant's body between the head and abdomen.
What is the thorax.
300
These are built underground and can be as large as a tennis court.
What are nest chambers.
300
These type of ants carry plant pieces and grow fungus.
What are fungus-growing ants.
300
How many species of ants are there?
20,000
400
These are used to dig, fight, and carry objects.
What are mandibles.
400
These chambers are for most adult worker ants.
What are worker resting chambers.
400
These ants protect honey-dew.
What are Dairying ants.
400
How much weight can an ant carry?
5x their body weight.
500
The second half of an ant's abdomen where the stomach is located.
What is the gaster.
500
Where ants are continuously building.
What are new chambers.
500
Ants are a food source for what types of animals?
What are birds, lizzards, anteaters, frogs, and monkeys.
500
Ants are what types of insects?
What are social insects.