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Even Picnics Can't
Tempt Lazy Ants
Some ants are so lazy they won’t even stir out of the next for a picnic.
In fact, male ants never work a day in their brief lives. Their only duty is to mate - and die.
A few of the hard-working females loaf on the job. And almost any ant will take a nap, but out of sight in the middle of its nest, thus preserving the family image.
Most ants, however, deserve their industrious reputation. Their great physical capacities and complex societies have helped them survive for some 70 million years, the National Geographic Society says.
The highly adaptable ants have spread all over the world, though they prefer the tropics and avoid arctic regions. The ant family Formicidae numbers about 6,000 species, ranging in size from 125th of an inch to more than an inch long.
Caste System Prevails
Like bees, ants are social insects living in colonies. Three castes dwell in an ant community: the queen ant, an amazing egg
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