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Table Contents Why ant? About ant Reproduction cycle The Queen The ladies social: Communication skills The Relationship between ants and plants The Relationship between ants and people

Why Ants Interesting insects Different insects Mention on holy Qurane

About Ants Over 10,000 species of ants A few species of ants hole up Reproduce by laying eggs Three parts of the body: head, thorax, abdomen Live in colonies and are social insects next to bees and wasps The colony or workers are childless females

Reproduction Cycle Males are produced only during mating seasons At this time male and females are born with wings, The females are future queens and the males will die after mating Males (life span is 2 to 3 days) and females reproduce in the air Reproduce by laying eggs: it’s take between 5 and 7 days In spring , summer, and fall you can see queens mating Adult Pupae Eggs Larvae

The Queen Biggest ant in colony She gives her colony a different smell Takes care of the first group of ants Can live up to 15 years and only needs to mate once to lay millions of eggs Also produces some think( a pheromone )that lets the workers know she is healthy every month Fact: Some colonies have more than one queen

The Ladies Social: Communication Skills Ants communicate with each other through taps of the antennae and smell Chemical feels: chemical feels are used to taste and smell as the nose and mouth to humans .Ex. To transport food back to the nest, Also if nest is worried a chemical is created, at fast speed, to warn colony of danger. Sometimes humans can smell this in larger colonies Sound? Fact: All communication skills may be used together

The Holy Quran Say بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال تعالى:(حتى إذا أتوعلى واد النمل قالت نملة يأيها النمل ادخلوا مسكنكم لايحطمنكم سليمان وجنوده وهم لايشعرون) صدق الله العظيم

Relationship between Ants and Plants Important to break up seeds they crop for food They turn over and air the earth more 5x more than earthworms The thorn tree: ant lives in a tree that is covered with thorns, and they bore holes in the thorns to make homes. In return, the ant protects the tree from the leaf cutter ant who destroy the vegetation of the tree Plants give food for the ants

Relationships Between Ants and People The ants kill the rats that wait in our gardens that may cause diseases Ants help the environment by taking unwanted plants

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