Ants are fascinating creatures, but when they start to invade a person’s home, they really need to go. That’s where our pest control professionals at B & B Exterminating come in. But outside the home in their own territories, ants are simply amazing. Here are some things to know about them:
How Many Ant Species Are There?
There are about 12,500 species of ant that people know of and 10,000 more that haven’t been classified yet. They’re members of the order Hymenoptera, which means they're cousins of bees and wasps, and they’re eusocial. This means they live in groups and live to support the success of their group, whether it’s about 100 or so ants living together or millions whose territories range over acres. These huge colonies are so organized that they sometimes act like one organism.
Many ant colonies have castes made up of workers, soldiers, drones and at least one queen. Workers...