Ant Picnic

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Across
  1. 3. Ants don’t have ______. Oxygen enters through tiny holes all over the body and carbon dioxide leaves through the same holes.
  2. 5. Some queen ants can live for many years and have ________ of babies!
  3. 6. These ants commonly nests in the soil next to and beneath sidewalks, slabs, patios, and driveways.
  4. 7. Queen ants have _____, which they shed when they start a new nest.
  5. 8. An ant that builds their nest in wood.
  6. 10. These ants are more aggressive and have a painful sting.
Down
  1. 1. An ant can carry 20 times its body ________.
  2. 2. This ant gets its name from the strong, rotten coconut-like smells it gives off when crushed and the fact that they commonly nest in or around houses.
  3. 3. Ants have six of these.
  4. 4. Ants that protect the queen, defend the colony, gather or kill food, and attack enemy colonies in search for food and nesting space.
  5. 6. When foraging, ants leave a ________ trail so that they know where they’ve been.
  6. 9. Ants feel vibrations in the ground through their feet because they do not have ________.