- More than 12,500 out of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified
- They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and a distinctive node-like structure that forms a slender waist.
- Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small natural cavities to highly organised colonies which may occupy large territories and consist of millions of individuals.
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- Worker - The worker ants forage in columns and may co-operate in returning larger food items back to the nest
- Winged Reproductive (male) - They do not work in the nests, but are released for mating flights, then disperse and die.
Immature Stages
- Egg - All ferilised eggs are laid by the queen
- Larvae - The larvae feed voraciously as they grow. They are the only members of the colony that feed on solid matter.
- Pupal Cocoons - these yellowish paper sacs are made of silk produced from glands opening near the mouths of the larvae. Inside their cocoons, the larvae change to pupae, and later to adults.
