ALL ABOUT ANTS

It is estimated that there are 10 QUADRILLION ants on the planet.

The VELVET ANT, also known as the cowkiller or devil ant, isn’t really an ant at all, it is a wingless wasp.

There are

1 MILLION ants for every one person.

Some ant nests are more than 20 FEET DEEP .

An ant colony in Japan has more than 306 MILLION workers and more than one million queens over 1.6 miles. In the United States, a super-colony has been discovered that covers an area over

550 MILES LONG.

A queen carpenter ant can live more than 20 YEARS.

Source: entnemdept.ufl.edu

If a 200-pound man were as strong as an ant he could lift TWO TONS.