What is an ant's nest like?

There are many forms of ant nests, most of which nest in underground soil, dig tunnels, secret rooms and houses, and pile up excavated materials and leaves near the entrance to form hills for protection. Some ants use leaves, stems and petioles of plants. Build nests and hang them on trees or rocks. Other ants live in rotten wood in forest areas.

The external exposure signs of ant nests are thick excrement, which is the waste discharged by termites after eating wood fibers, and also the building materials for termites to build ant nests and ant paths. In some special circumstances, termites will also make the shell of the ant nest into a dense waterproof layer to prevent groundwater or rainwater from invading the ant nest.

Each nest has air holes. Termites live in the nest and adjust the temperature in the nest through the air holes, so that the air in the nest generates convection instead of fresh air. In cold winter, termites shrink their pores to reduce air convection and increase the concentration of carbon dioxide to keep the temperature in their nests (generally 20-25 degrees Celsius).

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Living habits of ants

1, feeding habits

Ants are divided into: lower species, carnivorous, feeding on insects, small animals and even dead animals; Stinky ant subspecies, Formicidae and higher species of Formicidae can feed on animals and plants, especially honeydew secreted by aphids and scale insects; Most other ants are omnivorous, feeding on seeds, fruits and insects.

Step 2 nest

Ants are gregarious insects and have a strong love for their nests. Most species nest on the ground or in trees. They eat all kinds of food, usually both plants and meat. Polyrhachis bidentata, like other ants, usually takes its nest as its home. There are one or dozens of queens in a nest. Worker ants specialize in nesting, foraging, feeding and other work, with the largest number.

In the wild, when savage harvesting ants build their nests, they will separate their usual habitats from the storeroom where seeds are stored. The storeroom is higher than the usual habitat. If the storeroom is placed in a dry environment, the seeds will not germinate easily.