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  • Where do carpenter ants live?
    Carpenter ants live in wood like logs.
  • Which type of ant takes care of the queen's egg and brings food to the colony?
    The worker ant takes care of the queen's egg and brings food to the colony?
  • Where in the world do leafcutter ants live?
    Leafcutter ants live in Central and South America.
  • Ants live and work together in busy, crowded groups called...
    colonies.
  • Why do farmer ants tend little plant eater bugs called aphids?
    Farmer ants milk the juice from aphids and eat the juice.
  • How do ants talk to each other?
    Ants rub their antennae together to talk to each other.
  • Which type of ant is the mother of all ants in a colony?
    The queen ant is the mother of all ants in a colony.
  • Where in the world do weaver ants live?
    Weaver ants live in trees in Southern Asia and Pacific Islands.
  • True or False: Ants can carry things that weigh a lot more than they do.
    True!
  • What kind of ants are also called parasol ants and why?
    Leafcutter ants are called also parasol ants because when they carry the leaves, it looks like a parasol umbrella.
  • How do leafcutter ants turn leaves into food?
    The leafcutter ants chew the leaves into paste that turns into a fungus and it becomes their food.
  • Which comes first, the cocoon or larva?
    The cocoon comes first.
  • Where in the world do army ants live?
    Army ants live in tropical jungles.
  • How and why do ants make a bridge?
    Ants hold each other's legs to make bridge to take a shortcut between tree branches.
  • How do weaver ants make their nests (home)?
    Weaver ants fasten leaves with sticky, silk thread from larvae.