Cicadas start life as an egg, laid into a slit in a tree. These eggs hatch and drink the tree sap before dropping to the ground and burrowing into the soil. They then emerge between 2 – 17 years later…
Ants do have a heart, like all insects, however, it looks and functions very differently from our own. An ants’ heart is long and thin and pumps the ant’s haemolymph (blood) from one end of the body to the other.…
Ants don’t have ears, but they can detect sound through special organs within their legs. They sense the vibrations running through the ground or whatever surface they are standing on. By detecting vibrations, they are able to warn one another…
Ants use a number of different ways to communicate with one another. The most important sense they have is smell, and they use pheromones to communicate a wide range of things. As well as smell, they use touch, sound and…
In most species, ants are born as queens, rather than being chosen. A queen is the only female within her nest that can reproduce. In some species, ordinary worker ants can change into queens when the queen dies. What do…
The majority of ant drones and queens have wings during their initial reproductive phase. They leave their nests to mate, and then the female goes on to ground a new colony. The male will not survive long after mating, and…
