Ants communicate through chemical signals, touch, sound, smell and sight. They leave scent trails to track each other as they don't communicate over long distances. Ants hunt in groups, with worker ants attacking to search for small insects and food for the colony. There are over 12,000 to 14,000 types of ant species worldwide, with colonies typically containing around 40,000 ants that work together to carry loads up to 20 times their own body weight.

1. ANTS Our ant questions

2. How do ants breathe? Ants breathe through their abdomen but don't have lungs like humans and they don't need much air.

3. How long have ants existed for? Ants have been living on earth for more than 100 million years

4. What are ants favourite food? They like to eat green caterpillars, candy, flies and watermelon.

5. How many types of ants are there? There are over 12000 to 14000 types of ants.

6. How many legs do ants have? Ants have six legs attached to the thorax.

7. Where do you find ants? In old houses or dry places.

8. How many different types of ants are there in the world? There are 12,000 – 14,000 species of ants. Europe – 180

9. Africa – 2500

10. Asia – 2080

11. Melanesia – 275

12. Australia – 985

13. Polynesia - 42

14. If ants live 50 – 60 days does that mean they have to replace there queen every 60 – 50 days? No,because the Queen ant is still classified as the same type of ant it had. It is actually different because it has some type of thing in its body that makes it live 20 odd years.

15. What do ants eat? Ants eat sour food. They don't like to eat Other foods that are not sour.

16. How big is a Queen Ant? A Queen Ant is 5 times as big as a worker ant so she is the biggest of them all