What type of animal are ants?
Ants are small insects.
Fun Ants Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Insect eggs, small insects
What do they eat? Omnivore
Average litter size? Carpenter ant: 20 eggs Pharaoh ant: 10 -12 eggs
How much do they weigh? 3.5-0.1 oz (1-5 mg)
How long are they? 0.08-1 in (0.2–2.5 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Red, black, green, metallic tint
Skin Type Hard, waterproof exoskeleton made of chitin
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Black-backed meadow ant – Vulnerable Black bog ant – Endangered Narrow-headed ant – Endangered
Where you’ll find them? Warm Regions
Locations All Continents Except Antarctica
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Class Insecta
Family Formicidae
Fun Ants Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Insect eggs, small insects
What do they eat? Omnivore
Average litter size? Carpenter ant: 20 eggs Pharaoh ant: 10 -12 eggs
How much do they weigh? 3.5-0.1 oz (1-5 mg)
How long are they? 0.08-1 in (0.2–2.5 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Red, black, green, metallic tint
Skin Type Hard, waterproof exoskeleton made of chitin
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Black-backed meadow ant – Vulnerable Black bog ant – Endangered Narrow-headed ant – Endangered
Where you’ll find them? Warm Regions
Locations All Continents Except Antarctica
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Class Insecta
Family Formicidae
Fun Ants Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Insect eggs, small insects
What do they eat? Omnivore
Average litter size? Carpenter ant: 20 eggs Pharaoh ant: 10 -12 eggs
How much do they weigh? 3.5-0.1 oz (1-5 mg)
How long are they? 0.08-1 in (0.2–2.5 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Red, black, green, metallic tint
Skin Type Hard, waterproof exoskeleton made of chitin
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Black-backed meadow ant – Vulnerable Black bog ant – Endangered Narrow-headed ant – Endangered
Where you’ll find them? Warm Regions
Locations All Continents Except Antarctica
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Class Insecta
Family Formicidae
Fun Ants Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Insect eggs, small insects
What do they eat? Omnivore
Average litter size? Carpenter ant: 20 eggs Pharaoh ant: 10 -12 eggs
How much do they weigh? 3.5-0.1 oz (1-5 mg)
How long are they? 0.08-1 in (0.2–2.5 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Red, black, green, metallic tint
Skin Type Hard, waterproof exoskeleton made of chitin
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Black-backed meadow ant – Vulnerable Black bog ant – Endangered Narrow-headed ant – Endangered
Where you’ll find them? Warm Regions
Locations All Continents Except Antarctica
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Class Insecta
Family Formicidae
What do they prey on? Insect eggs, small insects
What do they eat? Omnivore
Average litter size? Carpenter ant: 20 eggs Pharaoh ant: 10 -12 eggs
How much do they weigh? 3.5-0.1 oz (1-5 mg)
How long are they? 0.08-1 in (0.2–2.5 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Red, black, green, metallic tint
Skin Type Hard, waterproof exoskeleton made of chitin
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Black-backed meadow ant – Vulnerable Black bog ant – Endangered Narrow-headed ant – Endangered
Where you’ll find them? Warm Regions
Locations All Continents Except Antarctica
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Class Insecta
Family Formicidae
What do they prey on? Insect eggs, small insects
What do they eat? Omnivore
Average litter size? Carpenter ant: 20 eggs Pharaoh ant: 10 -12 eggs
How much do they weigh? 3.5-0.1 oz (1-5 mg)
How long are they? 0.08-1 in (0.2–2.5 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Red, black, green, metallic tint
Skin Type Hard, waterproof exoskeleton made of chitin
What were their main threats? Humans
What is their conservation status? Black-backed meadow ant – Vulnerable Black bog ant – Endangered Narrow-headed ant – Endangered
What do they prey on?
Insect eggs, small insects
What do they eat?
Omnivore
Average litter size?
Carpenter ant: 20 eggs Pharaoh ant: 10 -12 eggs
How much do they weigh?
3.5-0.1 oz (1-5 mg)
How long are they?
0.08-1 in (0.2–2.5 cm)
How tall are they?
N/A
What do they look like?
Red, black, green, metallic tint
Skin Type
Hard, waterproof exoskeleton made of chitin
What were their main threats?
Humans
What is their conservation status?
Black-backed meadow ant – Vulnerable Black bog ant – Endangered Narrow-headed ant – Endangered
Where you’ll find them? Warm Regions
Locations All Continents Except Antarctica
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Class Insecta
Family Formicidae
Where you’ll find them?
Warm Regions
Locations
All Continents Except Antarctica
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Total 300 genera (Azteca, Atta, Dorylinae, Apomyrma, and so on)
Class Insecta
Family Formicidae
