He continued to study the ants while attending college. While he continued his observation, the ants continued to spread throughout the southern United States. By 1975 the red imported fire ant had colonized over 52 million hectares of the United States. The North American red imported fire ant is unique in that it forms colonies with multiple queens. WORK The red imported fire ant's life is extremely organized.
Every ant has a job to do.
They go about doing their job day after day, without stopping. The worker's job is to keep the larvae, pupae, and queen clean. Cleanliness appears to be extremely important to the ants. They are constantly cleaning the larvae, the pupae, the queen, and the colony. The workers also forge to find food for the colony.