Amazing Ants Up Close and Personal

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Amazing Ants Up Close and Personal

• By Susan Wren

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Just like all insects, ants have
bodies that are divided into three main parts.
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The Head
The Strongest Body Part
Compound Eyes
Brain
Antennae
-sense organs that detect chemicals, heat and
vibrations
Click on the underlined words to go to the
internet.
Mouth
What an ant sees with their compound eyes.
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The Thorax
The thorax holds all the muscles that work the
legs.
6 Legs
Click here for more information about insect legs.
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The Abdomen
The largest part of the body which contains most
of the important organs.

• Stomach

• Digestive Tract

• Reproductive organs

Internal and external view of an ant.
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An Ants Body
Abdomen
Head
Thorax
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Websites
Compound Eye Picture
http//www.news.cornell.edu/photos/-strep-eye/Fig1
.300.jpg
Ant Antennae
http//www.denniskunkel.com/PublicHtml/Details_Pop
Up.asp?File_Name20542A
Ant Mouth
http//www.denniskunkel.com/PublicHtml/Education03
.html
Internal and External Ant
http//www.myrmecology.org/morpho.html
Ant Leg
http//ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/Gakken
79E/Page_18/ashi.html
What Compound Eyes See
http//www.news.cornell.edu/photos/-strep-eye/Thro
ugheyelets.300.jpg
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Japanese Ant Database Group, Shiraume Gakuen
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lthttp//www.denniskunkel.comgt. Myrmecology -
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