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