1. Ant Hill
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2.  During the few seconds it takes you to read these four lines:
- 40 humans and 700 million of ants are being born on Earth
- 30 humans and 500 million ants are dying on Earth »
Les fourmis, Bernard Werber
 There are about 12,000 species of ants on earth.
 They represent 25% of the total terrestrial animal biomass.
 This insect exists since 130 million years (2.5 for humanity).
 They can leave 14 days under water.
 They can resist 11 months while exposed to cesium radioactivity.
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3.  One colony of russet ants kill : 8000 caterpillars, 3600 nymphs, 3300
butterflys per day.
 Magnans Queens can lay millions of eggs in their lives.
 The biggest queen (Dorylus nigricans) is 6 cm long.
 The Atta ant colony can occupy up to 100 square meters and move up to
40 tonnes of ground.
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4. Different casts:
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5. a. Princes/Princess
 Male and female who don’t work
 Copulation in the sky
 Males die
 takes her wings off
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6. b. Queen(s)
 Monogyne and polygyne
 Metamorphose: eggs, larva, nymphs
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7. b. Queen(s)
 Metamorphose:
eggs, larva, nymphs Nymphs
Larva
Eggs
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8. c) Soldier
 Worker specialist
 Protect colony
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9. d) Workers
 everybody doesn’t work (1/3)
 10% of the workers are in the outside
 Evolution :
they begin with the queen/ as a builder/ as a hunter
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10. Order Hymenoptera
Suborder Symphyta Apocrita
Apoidea Cynidoidea Vespoidea
Superfamily (Bees) (Wasps) (Ants)
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12. 1. Myrmicinae
 2500 species
Myrmica rubra (red ant) Messor barbarus
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13. 2. Formicinae
 2500 species
Lasius niger (black ant) Camponotus fallax
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14. 3. Ponerinae
 900 species
Cryptopone ochracea
Ponera coarctata
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15. 4. Dolichoderina
 300 species
Dolichoderus quadripunctatus Tapinoma erraticum
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16.  Type of ant
 Weaver (Tisseuse)
 Reaper (Moissonneuse)
 Charpentiere
 Esclavagiste
 Champignionniste
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17.  Type of ant : Weaver
leaf
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18.  Small animals
 Proteins
 Sugar
 Seeds
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19. Dominant species
 Ant
 Human
 Pig
 Rat
Bernard WERBER
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20. • http://www.antweb.org/
• http://www.myrmecos.net/anttaxa.html
• http://www.antcolonies.net/
• http://myrmecos.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/how-to-identify-queen-
ants/
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21. Tank you
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