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  British ants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many of the lesser seen species are at the northern extent of their range in Britain, and for this reason are confined to the south.
Below are listed a comprehensive compilation of species native to the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
See List of localities in Britain where rare ant species had previously been recorded but are no longer considered to be present for a conspectus on the decline of some British ant species.
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Ant communication is primarily through chemicals called pheromones, which, because most ants spend their time in direct contact with the ground, are more developed than in other Hymenopterans.
A crushed ant will emit an alarm pheromone that in high concentration sends other ants nearby into an attack frenzy, and in lower concentration attracts them, while a few ants use what are called propaganda pheromones to confuse their enemies.
Myrmecophilous or ant-loving caterpillars (blues, coppers, or hairstreaks), which are herded by the ants, led to feeding areas in daytime and brought inside the ants nest at night.
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 Ant - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Ants are one of the most successful groups of insects in the animal kingdom and are of particular interest because they are a social insect and form highly organized colonies or nests, sometimes consisting of millions of individuals.
Ants are distinguished from other insects by the following traits: elbowed antennae; a strongly constricted second abdominal segment forming a distinct node-like petiole; the petiole can be formed by one or two "parts" or segments (only the second, or the second and third abdominal segments can form it).
Ant trails have no intrinsic polarity; that is to say, an ant walking on a straight non-branching trail cannot tell whether it is walking to or from the nest.
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 Ant - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
The first known ants appeared sometime during the Cretaceous period, and it is believed that they evolved from the wasps that had appeared during the Jurassic period.
Ants are mostly wingless, which varies between individuals in a colony rather than between species.
Myrmecophilous or ant-loving caterpillars (blues, coppers, or hairstreaks) are herded by the ants, led to feeding areas in the daytime and brought inside the ants nest at night.
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 List of the common names of British ant species - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of the common names of native ant species.
For alien ants species introduced to or recorded in the British Isles, see List non-endemic ant species introduced to the British Isles.
Also see List of ant genera (alphabetical) for alphabetical listings of worldwide ant genera.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_the_common_names_of_British_ant_species   (112 words)

  
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The ant is often a symbol of industriousness as well as aggressiveness and vindictiveness, and ants are sometimes used as a cure for laziness (such as in Morocco Morocco).
List of ant genera (alphabetical) List of ant genera (alphabetical)
List of notable myrmecologists List of notable myrmecologists
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 Ant - Gurupedia
Also, most ants are wingless, although this varies between individuals in a colony rather than between species.
list of ant genera (alphabetical) for an alphabetical compendium of wordwide ant genera.
Ants have often been used in fables and children's stories to represent industriousness and cooperative effort, as well as aggressiveness and vindictiveness, and ants are sometimes used as a cure for laziness (such as in
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 Quaest.io on Ant
Ants have colonized almost every landmass on Earth and can constitute up to 15% of the total animal biomass of a tropical rainforest, in the Amazon the combined weight of the ants is said to be four times larger than that of the tetrapods in the same area.
As of 2006, there are 11,880 known ant species, most of which reside in hot climates.
Unlike bees and more advanced wasps, ants have never evolved the ability to build comb cells, which is often an advantage if the colony is under attack and the offspring needs to be moved into safety.
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 Ant - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
The ants, one of the most successful groups of insects, are of particular interest because they form advanced colonies.
In a few species the workers have disappeared, so there is a sharp divide and clear physical difference between the minors and majors, sometimes called soldiers.
All ants in the colonies are females to begin with, but only the Queen and breeding females have the ability to mate.
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The ants, one of the most successful groups of insects, are of particular interest because they form advanced colonies, and can constitute up to 15% of the total animal biomass of a tropical rainforest.
Ants appear in amber, found in central New Jersey, believed to be from the Cretaceous period.
The ants and the fungus can somehow communicate with each others, which makes it possible for the fungus to "tell" the ants if they feed it with some food which is not healthy for it.
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Leafcutter ants (Atta) feed exclusively on a special fungus that lives only within their colonies, and continually collect leaves and cut them into tiny pieces for it to grow on.
The ant is often a symbol of industriousness as well as aggressiveness and vindictiveness, and they are sometimes used as a cure for laziness (such as in Morocco).
Also see: British ants, Rare ants of the British Isles, List-of-the-common-names-of-British-ant-species, list of ant genera (alphabetical), list of notable myrmecologists, Myrmecology (the study of ants).
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 List of reference tables - Gurupedia
This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
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 Discover Life - Hymenoptera: Formicidae - Ants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Most ant species are brown, but some are fl, some are yellowish, and some are partly or entirely red.
Some ant species have different sizes of workers for different jobs: large ones with big jaws hunt or protect the nest, while smaller ones work inside, tending the young and digging.
Ants often carry food and water by swallowing it, and keeping it in a separate stomach, then regurgitating it to share with other nestmates.
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 Pet Name Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This name is good for animals of this gender:
This name is good for this kind of animal:
Use this list to jump quickly to the information you want!
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