How ants communicate

1. Ants
How Does Ants Communicate?
By, Anastasia ak Bewen
Brenda Lukas
Florence Sio
Racheal Meannilver

2. Ants
• Some insects (such as ants, bees, and termites) live in organized
communities and are considered social insects.
• Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae.
• They live in colonies where their members are divided into a clearly
defined caste system, which includes queens, workers and males.
• Each ant has its own purpose and duties within the colony.
• Being a social insect, they must communicate with others within their
colony, to send warnings of danger or signal the location of a food
supply

3. How does Ants
Communicate?
Sound
Scent
Greeting

4. How does Ants Communicate?
- Sound
• By tapping
• They tap their gasters (the tail segment of the ant) against the outside wall of the nest to
signal for danger or let their colony mates know they've discovered a food supply
• Some ants will make a squeaking or buzzing sound by rubbing segments of
their bodies together

5. How does Ants Communicate?
- Scent
• They have glands located on the different segments of their body. From those
glands they can release a chemical called a pheromone
• The type of message they wish to convey--danger versus food--will determine which
gland they will use to release the pheromone.
• also use pheromones to leave a trail

6. How does Ants Communicate?
- Greeting
• Using their antennae, the ants will smell each other. After it is determined
they are nest mates, they sometimes engage in a strange greeting ritual which
involves the ants standing mouth to mouth. One ant then regurgitates a drop
of liquid into the other ant's mouth.

7. Sources
• http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4567653_ants-communicate.html