What color are the ants?

The colors of ants are usually black, brown, rust, gray and red.

The body of an ant usually consists of three parts: head, trunk and tail, which are quite obvious.

The ant's head is slightly larger than the whole body, and there are a pair of slender tentacles on its head; Ants have compound eyes besides one eye, but the compound eyes are smaller. Ants have six legs, symmetrically distributed, with fine hairs and thorns on their legs.

Ants have no spine to support their bodies, but they have an exoskeleton to support them. The abdomen is nodular, smooth or burr.

Most ants have no wings. Only a few kinds of ants have a pair of wings and can fly.

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The habits of ants

1. Formicidae are social insects and have a strong love for nests. Most species nest underground or in trees, mainly including female ants, male ants and worker ants. Generally, an ant nest is a family, and there are one or dozens of queens (female ants) in a nest, with the largest number of worker ants, who are responsible for nesting, foraging, parenting and other work. The main function of male ants is to mate with female ants and die after mating.

2. Formicidae can grow normally in the temperature range of 15-40℃, with the optimum temperature of 25-30℃, soil humidity of 10%-20% and air relative humidity of 70%-90%; When the temperature is lower than 10℃ in winter, they will enter the cave, but they will not hibernate, just stop frequent activities and eat food stored in autumn.

3. The feeding habits of Formicidae are complex, and the lower species are carnivorous, feeding on insects, small animals and even dead animals; Higher ones are carnivorous and phytophagous, and can feed on plant substances such as animals and plants, seeds and fungi, especially the "honey dew" secreted by aphids and scale insects; Other species are omnivorous, mostly feeding on seeds, fruits and insects.

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