Fire ants from Mexico entered the United States through Mobile, Alabama. The maxillae chew food into small pieces. Ants swallow the liquid that comes from those pieces and spit out what remains of the food. From smallest to largest, the leaf-cutter ants are the worker ant, the soldier ant, then the queen ant. The oldest known ant in the world, found preserved in amber, lived about 100 million years ago.
Some ants squirt formic acid from the end of their abdomen into the wound.
Carpenter ants don't actually eat the wood they attack. Instead, they rip and tear the wood to create their nests. Yes, ants make sounds like those made by crickets and katydids, only not as loud. An ant also makes a sound by rubbing its body against another ant's body. Inc. All Rights Reserved.