Ants

Ants are found almost everywhere on Earth. They are tiny insects that live in large groups called colonies. Some ant colonies have millions of ants! Ants are famous for being very strong and hardworking.

Super Strong

Ants can carry objects 50 times their own body weight. That would be like you carrying a car! They use their strong jaws to carry food back to their colony. Ants work together in teams to move large items that one ant could not carry alone.

Colony Life

Every ant colony has a queen whose job is to lay eggs. Worker ants find food, build tunnels, and take care of baby ants. Soldier ants protect the colony. Ants talk to each other by leaving scent trails and touching antennae.

Fun Facts

• There are over 12,000 species of ants.
• Ants have been around for over 100 million years.
• Some ant colonies can stretch for miles underground.

Did You Know?

All the ants on Earth together weigh about the same as all the humans on Earth! That is because there are about 10 quadrillion ants.