Facts about Ants

Did you know that ants are social because they live in colonies? Also, did you know that waste produced by ants as well as by other insects is called frass. An queen ant can lay up to 300,000 eggs in a span of a few days. Incredible! During a flood in South Carolina, U.S.A., fire ants were seen linking their legs and mouth parts together to form a raft. Pretty neat. Ants can be found on every continents on earth except Antarctica. How old are ants? Scientists estimate that ants have been around for about 130 million years!