Sometimes special workers called soldiers guard the colony against attack. Some ants will raid the nest of others and carry off their weaker victims as slaves. Many ants eat other insects. Army ants march in vast columns, eating any animal in their path that cannot escape. Other ants, milk aphids for their honeydew.
Harvester ants gather and store plant food.
Some ants even grow fungus in special gardens inside their nests. Ants will mark a trail to guide other ants in their colony to food. Each ant in a colony has a special job. It takes all types of ant workers to keep the colony alive. Write a title above each group.