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Carpenter Ants prefer live, damp wood in which to build nests. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
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Sperm obtained during their nuptial flight is stored and used to fertilize all future eggs
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produced. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
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Ants cannot digest leaves because they cannot digest cellulose (like termites). -
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There are three main divisions to ant anatomy: the head, trunk and metasoma (abdomen or
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gaster
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Like most insects, ants have eight legs. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
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Worker ants are sterile; they look for food, look after the young, and defend the nest
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from unwant ed visitors. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
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Only the Queen and breeding females have the ability to mate. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
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Ants attack and defend themselves by biting, and in many species, stinging, in both cases
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sometim es injecting pheromones into the target. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
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Ants are classified as a family, Formicidae, belonging to the order Isoptera which also
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includes sawf lies, bees, and wasps. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
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Food is given to the larvae by a process called trophallaxis in which an ant regurgitates
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food previo usly held in its crop for communal storage. - CORRECT ANSWER -T
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Ants use their antennae not only for touch, but also to digest food. - CORRECT ANSWER -F
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