Draw a picture of the back end of the ants body. Does it have any markings?
ANT ACTIVITY # 2 Pheromones As we already mentioned, pheromones are chemicals that one ant gives off to make other ants act in a certain way. Did you notice that your ants move their dead companions to a garbage pile away from their tunnels. There is a specific pheromone that tells them when ants are dead. Ants will move a live ant to the garbage pile if you put a chemical called oleic acid on it. They will continue to carry that poor ant to the garbage pile until the smell of the oleic acid has completely worn off. There’s a simple way to find out how pheromones work. Tap on the habitat glass using your fingernail. One ant will notice it first and give off an alarm pheromone that the other ants will detect. Then other ants will get very excited and come running to find out what’s happening! Use a small stick to tap lightly on the frame. Observe how many ants come running. ANT ACTIVITY # 3 Ant’s vision As we already mentioned, entomologists have determined that ants seem to like vertic
