what are ant legs made out of?
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﻿Ants have a hard, waterproof exoskeleton, which is made of a material called chitin. They are exceptionally strong for their size- They can lift 10 times their own weight!
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ANSWER: Carpenter ants can be black, brown, red or a combination of these colors. They can be easily distinguished from most other pest ants by the carpenter ant's “heart-shaped” head. ... Unlike termites that eat wood, carpenter ants hollow out wood, leaving behind small piles of sawdust.
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Beyond their longevity, queen ants are almost always bigger than other members of their colony. This extra bulk helps her majesty lay eggs, but it's also needed because queen ants also often have wings. These extra appendages mean they need the added musculature to power them.
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Spider webs are made from silk. And silk is made from something scientists call “proteins”.
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['A segmented body (Figure below) with a head, a thorax, and abdomen segments.', 'Appendages on at least one segment. ... ', 'A nervous system.', 'A hard exoskeleton made of chitin, which gives them physical protection and resistance to drying out.']
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These mounds are made up of the dirt, sand and other material the ants must remove as they dig the underground tunnels and chambers in which they nest. In fact, most ant colonies stretch deep underground, some even as deep as 25 feet.
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Ants are super-strong on a small scale because their bodies are so light. Inside their hard exoskeletons, their muscles don't have to provide much support, so they are free to apply all their strength to lifting other objects. Humans, in contrast, carry comparatively heavy loads due to our body weight.
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Ants being attracted to & eating silicone is quite a common phenomenon...it's weird and counterintuitive but it happens.
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Ants have complete metamorphosis. Queen ants lay eggs. The baby ant that hatches from the egg is a larva, with no legs, just a soft white body like a worm and a small head. The larvae are fed by the queen (in the first generation) and then by workers.
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['Lasius Niger (common black garden ant) ... ', 'Lasius Flavus (yellow meadow ant) ... ', 'Formica Rufa (Red wood ant) ... ', 'Formica Sanguinea. ... ', 'Myrmica. ... ', 'Tetramorium Caespitum.']
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They have tiny, hooked claws at the ends of their feet which help them walk on the undersides of leaves and limbs. Much like a human rock climber uses a hook, ants use their claws to cling to jagged features of the surface. ... Ants would collect at the bottom, since they'd be unable to scale the walls.
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There are three kinds of ants in a colony: The queen, the female workers, and males. The queen and the males have wings, while the workers don't have wings. The queen is the only ant that can lay eggs. The male ant's job is to mate with future queen ants and they do not live very long afterwards.
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Acrobat ants favour moist wood softened by decay and/or fungi for nesting. Other common nesting sites include under rocks, in logs, firewood, trees, wall voids, baseboards, and door and window frames.
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Ants are able to climb effortlessly on vertical and inverted smooth surfaces. When climbing, their feet touch the substrate not only with their pretarsal adhesive pads but also with dense arrays of fine hairs on the ventral side of the 3rd and 4th tarsal segments.
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Carpenter ant queens measure about 13 to 17 mm in length and, depending on the species, are dark brown, yellow, red or black in color. After mating with the male carpenter ant, the queen sheds her wings and looks for a new nesting site for her young. The queen prefers moist and rotten wood to establish a new colony.
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Arthropods are invertebrates with segmented bodies and jointed limbs. The exoskeleton or cuticles consists of chitin, a polymer of glucosamine.
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Flowerpots are now often also made from plastic, metal, wood, stone, or sometimes biodegradable material. An example of biodegradable pots are ones made of heavy brown paper, cardboard, or peat moss in which young plants for transplanting are grown.