Let's Do Science Club June 15, 2013

2. Ants are among the most numerous animals on
the planet.
10% of the earth’s
Animal biomass
12,000 known species
Amazing Ants

3. Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
They are related to bees and wasps

4. • Ants are social insects. They live in large nests
with a queen.
• Most of the ants you see are female.
• Ants can lift 5 times their own weight
(Elephants can only lift 1/5 their own weight)
• A colony of ants can eat a cookie in less than
half an hour.
Cool Ant Facts

5. Ants can be identified by their anatomy

6. Look at the Petiole
One Node versusTwo

7. Who ate my cookie?

8. Ant with a bar code

9. We will be sending our ants to Dr.
Lucky’s lab.

10. Next time: We will check the map