Meet the Ants

Ants are among the most numerous animals on the planet.

10% of the earth’s

Animal biomass

12,000 known species

Amazing Ants

Order: Hymenoptera

Family: Formicidae

They are related to bees and wasps

• Ants are social insects. They live in large nests with a queen.

• Most of the ants you see are female.

• Ants can lift 5 times their own weight (Elephants can only lift 1/5 their own weight)

• A colony of ants can eat a cookie in less than half an hour.

Cool Ant Facts

Ants can be identified by their anatomy

Look at the PetioleOne Node versus Two

Who ate my cookie?

Ant with a bar code

We will be sending our ants to Dr. Lucky’s lab.

Next time: We will check the map