ANTswers – Facts About Ants

Leafcutter Ants

Leafcutter Ants Typically found in the warmer areas of the Americas, Leafcutter ants feed on a special fungus that only grows underneath the nests that they build. In order to cultivate their fungus, and keep it free from molds, the Leafcutter ants feed it with contant freshly-cut plants (hence, the name). However those plant leaves [...]

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Bullet Ants

Bullet Ants Heard of fire ants? You probably have. They’re an extremely agressive type of ant that somehow arrived here from South America and rapidy grew into a mass production spread throught throughout the United States. Fire ants are widely know as the dangerous ant whose bite is the worst of the ant family because [...]

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Carpenter Ants

If you’re looking for information on those pesky ants that are showing up everywhere in and around your house, there’s a good chance that those are carpenter ants. Typically, you’ll find carpenter ants near the outside, or on the inside of a wooden structure, they like moist wood. It is easy to identify them, carpenter [...]

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Types Of Ants: An Introduction

Types Of Ants There are several types of ants in the world living in various areas from our backyard all the way to the rainforests. You can even find ants in some of the hottest deserts on Earth. All ants live in colonies and any one colony that you might happen to stumble upon could [...]

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Fire Ants

Fire Ants They even sound nasty with that name, don’t they? Fire ants are a threatening pest and have been known to do serious, idespread damage to farmer’s crops and their cattle, as well as humans. There were are two main species of fire ants, one black and one red. The black ones were somehow [...]

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Army Ants

Army Ants Army ants have long, pointed, lower jaws (mandibles) and 6 six legs attached to an elongated body that usually ranges anywhere from a dull brown to a deep shade of gold. How do army ants communicate? Contrast to all other types of ants and insects in general, army ants only each have a [...]

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