It is one of the largest insect orders and contains over 110,000 described species. Most of these insects are between one in two inches in length, but some are smaller. An ant is an insect. Typically, it has a large head and a slender, oval abdomen joined to the thorax, or midsection, by a small waist. The antennae are elbowed.
Some species have a powerful sting at the tip of the abdomen.
Most are about an inch long. There are also structural differences. Wasps are covered with unbranched hairs, bees have at least a few branched or feathered hairs to which pollen often clings.