FACTS ABOUT ANTS

QUEEN ANT

• After the queen ant mates she rubs off her wings.
• She spends the rest of her life underground.
• The queens only job is to lay eggs for the colony.

WORKER ANTS

• The worker ants work for the queen.
• They feed the larva and take care of the eggs.
• The go out and search for food.
• Worker ants can carry things 50 times as big as them.
• Worker ants are females.

THE SOLDIER ANTS

• The soldier ant guards the nest.
• The soldier ant has big claws.
• Some soldier ants walk in large groups.

THE ANT LIFE CYCLE

FIRST THE QUEEN LAYS THE EGGS

THE WORKER ANTS TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE SAFE

THE EGGS GROW INTO LARVA

THE LARVA SPIN THEMSELVES INTO PUPA

FINALY THEY COME OUT AS ADULT ANTS

THE QUEENS AND THE MALES FLY AWAY

THE WORKER FEMALES STAY AND HELP THE COLONY