Ants are insects, arthropods, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae. There are many kinds of ants, including 1 1700 species in the world and 283 genera of 2 1 subfamily. More than 600 species have been identified in China.
There are ants in the whole building, which can be eliminated with boiling water, ant-killing medicine and washing powder. 1, boiling water: use meat, sugar and other foods to induce ants to gather, scald them to death with boiling water, and they can be eliminated after repeated times. 2. Insecticide: use pesticides such as mirex to spray the ant colony for many times. 3. Washing powder water: The diluted washing powder water can be sprinkled on the ground, and ants will be stuck when passing by, thus being drowned by the washing powder water.
Communication of ants
For example, the ants in Oecophylla communicate through the smell of secretions. Because they usually live in an ant nest, this way of communication is better than other HYMENOPTERA insects. If an ant finds food, it will leave the smell at home all the way, and other ants will look for food along this route and strengthen the smell continuously. If the food here is collected and no ants come back, the smell will gradually dissipate. If an ant is crushed, it will give off a strong smell, which will immediately alert other ants, and they are all in an attack state. Some kinds of ants also give off a smell to confuse the enemy.
Ants, like other insects, rely on their antennae to identify smells. The first part of the antenna is swollen, knee-shaped and very flexible. Because the antenna is a pair, it can not only distinguish the strength of the smell, but also distinguish the direction and distance of the smell source. Adults can exchange feedback food with each other, and learn about each other's health and nutritional status, found food and other information through the smell. At the same time, it can also distinguish each other from the group engaged in that task, such as digging holes to build nests or collecting food. Generally speaking, older worker ants will be sent to work.
Lazy ant
Most ants are very hardworking and busy with their daily work, but some ants have nothing to do. By studying the anatomical and behavioral information of these lazy ants, it is found that they are not "freeloading" in the ant colony as expected. They can hold more eggs in their bodies. These results show that lazy ants are not simple old workers who can't work. On the contrary, they may be immature workers. Physical evidence shows that they may be storing food for their companions, and their eggs may be eaten by other ants. When these lazy ants can store food, more labor will be useful, such as defending their nests. It may also replace dead worker ants for food.