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The ant fauna of Ohio comprises 7 subfamilies, 33 genera, and 132 species. As more of Ohio's unique habitats are surveyed, especially in the northwestern and western portions of the state, this number is likely to further increase. Some of the most frequently encountered ants include species of Formica, Camponotus, Lasius, Myrmica and Aphaenogaster, with Formica being the most diverse genus in the region (26 species to date). Several ant species reach the edge of their distribution in Ohio, but none is endemic to the state. Nine nonnative species occur in Ohio, with six of these exotics (among which the Argentine ant Linepithema humile and the ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum) presently confined to conservatories, greenhouses and other heated buildings. The remaining nonnative species include the widespread Tetramorium caespitum, the rarely collected workerless parasite Anergates atratulus, and the eastern Asian Nylanderia flavipes. The latter species has established populations in the Cleveland and Toledo areas of northern Ohio where it is currently abundant in disturbed habitats such as urban woodlots, green spaces, and parks.
There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world. An ant can lift 20 times its own body weight. If a second grader was as strong as an ant, she would be able to pick up a car! Some queen ants can live for many years and have millions of babies! Ants don’t have ears. Ants "hear" by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet. When ants fight, it is usually to the death! When foraging, ants leave a pheromone trail so that they know where they’ve been, Queen ants have wings, which they shed when they start a new nest. Ants don’t have lungs. Oxygen enters through tiny holes all over the body and carbon dioxide leaves through the same holes. When the queen of the colony dies, the colony can only survive a few months. Queens are rarely replaced and the workers are not able to re
Spotted on Sep 2, 2009
Submitted on Sep 16, 2012
4 Comments
Please create separate spottings for these photographs of different species.
Hello. By same group do you mean same species? They look like different species to me. Anyway, each spotting should be composed of the same species taken at same place at the same time. Please make separate spottings when these conditions are NOT met. Photos of different species cannot be in the same spotting. Different species in the same photo can be, but one species should, if possible, "headline" the spotting.
hii..
I think first 2 ants are same group..????
is it ???
Hello. I've moved this spotting to the Arthropod group, however each different species of ant needs to have its own spotting. Please create two more spottings.