Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Insects of the land: Tribe Attah

Tribe Attah is a species of ants. And are capable of creating colonies of one million ants.

Diet:
Leaves.
Fungus.

Ranks:

Queen(Matriarch, controls all other ants in the colony) 
Prime male(Queens mate)
Soldiers(Defenders)
Foragers(Gather leaves for the colony, excavate new chambers)
Nest specialists(Dispose waste, care for larva, care for the queen)
Nurses(Care for the fungi gardens and larva)
Males(mates)

Rooms within the hill:

Leaf-storage room(Numerous)
Fungus gardens(Several large gardens)
Waste chambers(Several rooms)
Queens nest(One, houses the queen)
Hatchery(Many)
Nest chambers(Many, houses all adult ants except for the queen)

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