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With over 12,000 species, ants (family Formicidae) are social insects that live in colonies. They are a common household pest; some well-known species include sugar ants, fire ants, crazy ants and leaf-cutter ants.

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shravya machanna

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With over 12,000 species, ants (family Formicidae) are social insects that live in colonies. They are a common household pest; some well-known species include sugar ants, fire ants, crazy ants and leaf-cutter ants.

Ant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant
Ant Pictures and Facts - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about ants with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ant
Ants - BrainPOP

In this educational animated movie about Science learn about insects and their antennas, thoraxes, colonies, the workers, the drones, the queen, and the larva.
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/ants/
Ant - Insect - Britannica

AntÂ (familyÂ Formicidae),Â any of approximately 10,000 species of insects (order Hymenoptera) that are social in habit and live together in organized colonies.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/ant
Ant Information - TheIncredibleAnt

Species of Ants, Types of Ants, Ant breeds, Ant information - Different Types of Ants, ant species and information about ants. Army ants, Western Harvester Ant, Leaf Cutter Ants
http://www.theincredibleant.com/species-of-ants
Species of Ants and Types of Ants - AntStuff

Types of Ants, ant species and information about ants. Army ants, Western Harvester Ant, Leaf Cutter Ants
http://www.antstuff.net/html/species_of_ants.html
A Guide to Identifying Common Ant Species - PestWorld

Identify type of ants in your house. Learn about Argentine ants, fire ants, odorous ants, pavement ants and crazy ants. Find tips to get rid of ants.
http://www.pestworld.org/news-hub/pest-articles/ants-marching-one-by-one-into-homes/
Supersniffing Ants Smell Things Humans Can't - Livescience

Ants may be experts at sniffing out body odor, according to a new study that reveals these insects have a "high-definition ability" to detect tiny chemical changes in the pheromones other ants give off.
http://www.livescience.com/51843-ants-can-outsniff-humans.html
13 Common Items for Getting Rid of Ants

From adhesive tape to vinegar, these 13 common items will tackle getting rid of ants for good.
http://www.rd.com/home/cleaning-organizing/13-common-items-for-getting-rid-of-ants/
Ant Control - Types, Facts, Get Rid of Ants

Ant Control. Facts: identification, life cycle, habitat. Learn how to identify different types of ants. Call Orkin to get rid of ants in the house.
http://www.orkin.com/ants/
Facts About Ants - PestWorldforKids

Learn all about ants, facts about ants and different types of ants. There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world.
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/pest-guide/ants

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Ants

Temporal range: 100–0 Ma^[1]

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Late Albian – Present

Fire ants

Scientific classification

Domain:

Kingdom:

Phylum:

Class:

Order:

Infraorder:

Superfamily:

Family:

Formicidae
Latreille, 1809

Type species

Formica rufa

Linnaeus, 1761

Subfamilies

Cladogram of
subfamilies

Formicoid

Myrmicinae

	Ectatomminae

	Heteroponerinae

Formicinae

	Dolichoderinae

	Aneuretinae

	Pseudomyrmecinae

	Myrmeciinae

Dorylinae‡

Poneroid

Ponerinae

	Agroecomyrmecinae

	Paraponerinae

Proceratiinae

	Amblyoponinae

	Apomyrminae

	Leptanillinae

	Martialinae

A phylogeny of the extant ant subfamilies.^[2]^[3]^[4]
*Cerapachyinae is paraphyletic
‡ The previous dorylomorph subfamilies - Ecitoninae, Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae - were synonymized under Dorylinae by Brady et al. in 2014^[5]

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Ant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant
Ant Pictures and Facts - National Geographic

Learn all you wanted to know about ants with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ant
Ants - BrainPOP

In this educational animated movie about Science learn about insects and their antennas, thoraxes, colonies, the workers, the drones, the queen, and the larva.
https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/ants/
Ant - Insect - Britannica

AntÂ (familyÂ Formicidae),Â any of approximately 10,000 species of insects (order Hymenoptera) that are social in habit and live together in organized colonies.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/ant
Ant Information - TheIncredibleAnt

Species of Ants, Types of Ants, Ant breeds, Ant information - Different Types of Ants, ant species and information about ants. Army ants, Western Harvester Ant, Leaf Cutter Ants
http://www.theincredibleant.com/species-of-ants
Species of Ants and Types of Ants - AntStuff

Types of Ants, ant species and information about ants. Army ants, Western Harvester Ant, Leaf Cutter Ants
http://www.antstuff.net/html/species_of_ants.html
A Guide to Identifying Common Ant Species - PestWorld

Identify type of ants in your house. Learn about Argentine ants, fire ants, odorous ants, pavement ants and crazy ants. Find tips to get rid of ants.
http://www.pestworld.org/news-hub/pest-articles/ants-marching-one-by-one-into-homes/
Supersniffing Ants Smell Things Humans Can't - Livescience

Ants may be experts at sniffing out body odor, according to a new study that reveals these insects have a "high-definition ability" to detect tiny chemical changes in the pheromones other ants give off.
http://www.livescience.com/51843-ants-can-outsniff-humans.html
13 Common Items for Getting Rid of Ants

From adhesive tape to vinegar, these 13 common items will tackle getting rid of ants for good.
http://www.rd.com/home/cleaning-organizing/13-common-items-for-getting-rid-of-ants/
Ant Control - Types, Facts, Get Rid of Ants

Ant Control. Facts: identification, life cycle, habitat. Learn how to identify different types of ants. Call Orkin to get rid of ants in the house.
http://www.orkin.com/ants/
Facts About Ants - PestWorldforKids

Learn all about ants, facts about ants and different types of ants. There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world.
http://www.pestworldforkids.org/pest-guide/ants