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1) Eggs - Queen ants lay eggs

2) If the fertilized eggs and pupae of a queen are well-nurtured,  they could potentially become queens as well.

3) Some queens can live over 15 years and some workers can live up to 7 years.

4)An ant has 4 stages in its life cycle.

5)An ant can lift things that is 20 times its own body weight.

6) During the daytime, the worker ants move the eggs and larvae of the colony to the top of the nest so that they can be warmer.

7)Army ants do not build a nest like most other ants. Instead, they build a living nest with their bodies, known as a bivouacs. Bivouacs tend to be found in tree trunks or in burrows that are dug by the ants.

8) Worker ants can li ve up till 8 days in water without air.

9)There are 20 000 different types of ants.

10) In a colony there may be only one queen or there may be many queens, depending on the species of ant.

11)Worker ants do all the work in the nest.

12)They build it and clean it, gather food, look after the queen, the eggs, and the young ants.

13)Worker ants also defend the nest.