Class: Insects
Order: Hymenoptera Family: Ants
Did you know there are 10,000 types of ants in the world? Ants live in colonies. Most ants build ant hills. Ants’ colors range from brown, yellow, red, and black! You see the black ants the most often, because they are more common to the state of Georgia.
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The black carpenter ant is just the regular ant you might see while outside. |
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These ants aren’t venomous. |
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The Black Carpenter Ant has two pairs of claws, they are used for digging, moving their young and crawling. |
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The Black Carpenter Ant lives in wooded areas and forests. |
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The Black Ant is called a social ant. |
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Black Carpenter ants eat, rotting fruit, other insects, and sweets. |
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If you are bitten by a black carpenter ant wash the bite with soap and water. |
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They have a small spiracle along the side of its thorax and abdomen. |
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The air passes all through the body from the spiracle. That is how the ant breathes. An ant gets vibrations from the ground which goes to it’s antennae to tell the ant danger is near! |
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An ant has tough and hard coat which protects it like armor. Ants don’t have bones, they have an exoskeleton |
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Ants can carry up to 27 times their weight! |
