Well, one of the more interesting insects around is the
ANT.
Even though these tiny criters only live approximately for 50 days, there still in abundance when it comes to working together to achieve there common goals. One man has said before that " If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racecourse ".
Ants can even lift between 18-22 times their own body weight, also an ant has 1/4million brain cells, considering that the human brain has 10,000 million, it would take a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
Other interesting facts :
1. They use their antennae for smell as well as touch.
2. Adult ants cannot swallow whole foods, they extract juices from prey.
3. Ant has two eyes, made up of many smaller eyes, which are called compound eyes.
4. The abdomen contains 2 stomachs, one for itself, and feeding others.
5. Ants have four distinct growing stages egg, larva, pupa, adult.
6. Some worker ants working for the Queen Ant are given a special job of cleaning up rubbish and putting it in a bin.
7. Each colony of ants has it's own smell, distinguishes itself from others.
8. Some birds put ants in their feathers, so they can spray Formic Acid which gets rid of parasites.
9. At night, when cold, the worker ants move the larvae into the colony for warmth. Also, bring them out to get warm in the daytime.
10. If a worker ant has found a good food source, it leaves a trail which other ants recognise as theirs.
Another fact just found recently is where ants can store fat to use in cases of famine that they might find themselves in.
http://www.livescience.com/animalwor..._ants_fat.html
