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Why ant? About ant Reproduction cycle The Queen The ladies social: Communication skills The Relationship between ants and plants The Relationship between ants and people
About Ants
Over 10,000 species of ants A few species of ants hole up Reproduce by laying eggs Three parts of the body: head, thorax,
abdomen Live in colonies and are social insects next to
bees and wasps The colony or workers are childless females
Reproduction Cycle
Males are produced only during mating seasons
At this time male and females are born with wings, The females are future queens and the males will die after mating
Males (life span is 2 to 3 days) and females reproduce in the air
Reproduce by laying eggs: it’s take between 5 and 7 days
In spring , summer, and fall you can see queens mating
Eggs LarvaePupae
Adult
The Queen
Biggest ant in colony She gives her colony a different smell Takes care of the first group of ants Can live up to 15 years and only needs to mate
once to lay millions of eggs Also produces some think( a pheromone )that
lets the workers know she is healthy every month
Fact: Some colonies have more than one queen
The Ladies Social: Communication Skills
Ants communicate with each other through taps of the antennae and smell
Chemical feels: chemical feels are used to taste and smell as the nose and mouth to humans .Ex. To transport food back to the nest, Also if nest is worried a chemical is created, at fast speed, to warn colony of danger. Sometimes humans can smell this in larger colonies
Sound?
Fact: All communication skills may be used together
The Holy Quran Say
الرحيم الرحمن الله بسم): حتى تعالى نملة إذ قال قالت النمل واد أتوعلى ا
سليمان اليحطمنكم مسكنكم ادخلوا النمل يأيها( اليشعرون وهم وجنوده
العظيم الله صدق
Relationship between Ants and Plants
Important to break up seeds they crop for food
They turn over and air the earth more 5x more than earthworms
The thorn tree: ant lives in a tree that is covered with thorns, and they bore holes in the thorns to make homes. In return, the ant protects the tree from the leaf cutter ant who destroy the vegetation of the tree
Plants give food for the ants
Relationships Between Ants and People
The ants kill the rats that wait in our gardens that may cause diseases
Ants help the environment by taking unwanted plants
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