Ants

 Ants

 

are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants appear in the fossil record across the globe in considerable diversity during the latest Early Cretaceous and early Late Cretaceous, suggesting an earlier origin.

 

They do not perceive the whole human, just the parts of them that affect the ants' environment. They can experience a human as a mountain-like object to be explored, but they are not aware of us as things in our own right.

 

some ants, such as Australia's bulldog ant, have excellent vision and are capable of discriminating the distance and size of objects moving nearly a metre away.

 

Most ants are omnivores and are okay with eating plants, seeds, nectar, and even animals. Ants are also opportunistic in their feeding habits, which mean that they can easily adapt to the environment and will eat what they can to remain alive.

 

Some ants, like leaf-cutters, use their feces as manure for gardens that grow fungal food, but only certain “sanitation workers” are permitted to handle it. Ants in general are well known for their cleanliness—disposing of the dead outside the nest and leaving food scraps and other waste in special refuse chambers.

 

Spreading salt near nooks and corners from where ants enter the house will help keeping ants away. Table salt is one of the best and the cheapest ways to get rid of ants naturally.

 

Much like how humans milk cows, ants can milk a particular caterpillar species in order to obtain a nutritious beverage. The larvae of many Lycaenid butterfly species are cared for by certain ant species

 

Ants do not breathe like we do. They take in oxygen through tiny holes all over the body called spiracles. The heart is a long tube that pumps colorless blood from the head throughout the body and then back up to the head again

 

Ants from other castes may have a lifespan of a few months to a year or two. Beyond their longevity, queen ants are almost always bigger than other members of their colony. This extra bulk helps her majesty lay eggs, but it's also needed because queen ants also often have wings.

 

It is a common misconception that ants never sleep. ... Ants do not follow regular sleeping schedules, rather a cyclical pattern of resting periods. Worker ants take about 250 tiny power naps that last about 1 minute on average at odd times throughout the day and night, for a total of nearly five hours of sleep per day.