Ants, Little But Mighty

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emerge. It is their job to hunt
for food and make the nest bigger.
More workers will develop and the colony gets very
organized. The new workers will completely take over as
caretakers of the eggs, larvae, and pupae. Now the queens
only duty is to lay more and more eggs, thousands of them
in her lifetime. Many wingless workers develop and help to
enlarge the nest into an intricate network of tunnels and
chambers that will eventually house thousands of ants.
When the colony becomes well established, the queen
begins to lay some eggs that develop into queens and
males. It takes a few years before a colony becomes large
enough to send out winged males and young queens to start
new colonies. The cycle will now begin all over again.
Ant nests come in all shapes and sizes. One tropical
species built a nest that extended forty feet below the
surface of the ground. Another species built a nets that
covered an area the size of a tennis court. Ants know the
best time ...

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their is
only one way to get rid of them extermination!
The jaws of an ant are very powerful. Their powerful
jaws not only chew through wood but are also used to fight
off enemies. Ounce an ant gets a bite on its enemy, don�t
expect it to let go, even if it is torn to pieces. Its jaws are
also used to grasp, carry, cut up food, and carry their
young. Ant jaws work differently from human jaws. The
ants jaws move from side to side. They actually have two
sets of jaws. The set that moves side to side are called
mandibles, the other set are called Marilee. These jaws
chew food into very ...

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