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Most ants have two compound eyes.Compound eyes have many parts called lenses(透镜)that help insects 1 well.Other ants have three simple eyes, with one lens in each.Some ants that live underground are blind.
Ants do not have ears 2 they can feel sound vibrations(震动).Some ants 3 by drumming on the ground.They also “talk” by touching each other with their antennae(触角)
Tasting, smelling, and touching are how ants find out what is around them.They have two thin antennae on their 4 that help them do this.Each antenna is shaped like a human arm 5 at the elbow.Ants tap the antennae on the ground to find food.They can 6 move their antennae around to smell.An ant is always moving its antennae every inch way.
Ants “talk” to each other with smells, too.Ants give off smells to 7 other ants of danger or to show them where to find food.Sometimes you can see long lines of ants.These ants are following a smell!
Army ants live in forests in Central and South America.Huge swarms of army ants hunt for insects such as 8 .Driver ants are army ants that live in Africa.Harvester ants live in deserts.They eat seeds.
After the queen mates with a male ant, she makes or finds a 9 .She then lays eggs.The first group of eggs to hatch become worker ants.The queen's only job after that is to lay more eggs.The worker ants 10 the job of caring for the nest.Males come from some of the eggs, queens and more workers come from other eggs.
When the egg hatches, a wormlike larva appears.It does nothing but eat and grow.When it gets big enough, it becomes a pupa.The pupa grows legs and antennae.It becomes an adult ant.
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