Celebrating Ants!
Ant-Man is creeping ever closer to its release date! Now, to some, ants are creepy. They get into everything, especially sweets, chew through the wood, leave unsightly hills in lawns, and can just get in the way. But there are lots of things to celebrate about ants. Here are few things that make ants great!
1. Ants belong to the Order Hymenoptera, which inlcudes bees, wasps, sawflies, and ants.
2. Ants can be extremely efficient foragers. The European red ants (Formica polyctena) can harvest an estimated 1 kg of arthropod food a day!
3. Honeypot ants feed exclusively on on insect-produced honeydew. They can be so full of honey they literally look like honey pots.
4. Some ant species have "gatekeepers," or major workers that have heads that can plug an opening.
5. Bullet ants have an extremely painful sting, hence their name.
6. Leaf-cutter any workers can strip a tree of leaves in one day.
7. Trap Jaw ants use their jaws to literally fling themselves away from danger. Their jaws can open at 140 mph.
8. There are over 12,000 known species of ants and they inhabit almost every landmass on the planet.
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