1. Nadia Abdullah Dr Momtaze Qatar University
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Nadia Abdullah
Dr Momtaze
Qatar University

2. Table Contents Why ant? About ant Reproduction cycle The Queen
The ladies social: Communication skills
The Relationship between ants and plants
The Relationship between ants and people

3. Why Ants
Interesting insects
Different insects
Mention on holy Qurane

4. About Ants Over 10,000 species of ants A few species of ants hole up
Reproduce by laying eggs
Three parts of the body: head, thorax, abdomen
Live in colonies and are social insects next to bees and wasps
The colony or workers are childless females

6. Reproduction Cycle Males are produced only during mating seasons
At this time male and females are born with wings, The females are future queens and the males will die after mating
Males (life span is 2 to 3 days) and females reproduce in the air
Reproduce by laying eggs: it’s take between 5 and 7 days
In spring , summer, and fall you can see queens mating
Adult
Pupae
Eggs
Larvae

7. The Queen Biggest ant in colony She gives her colony a different smell
Takes care of the first group of ants
Can live up to 15 years and only needs to mate once to lay millions of eggs
Also produces some think( a pheromone )that lets the workers know she is healthy every month
Fact: Some colonies have more than one queen

8. The Ladies Social: Communication Skills
Ants communicate with each other through taps of the antennae and smell
Chemical feels: chemical feels are used to taste and smell as the nose and mouth to humans .Ex. To transport food back to the nest, Also if nest is worried a chemical is created, at fast speed, to warn colony of danger. Sometimes humans can smell this in larger colonies
Sound?
Fact: All communication skills may be used together

9. The Holy Quran Say بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
قال تعالى:(حتى إذا أتوعلى واد النمل قالت نملة يأيها النمل ادخلوا مسكنكم لايحطمنكم سليمان وجنوده وهم لايشعرون)
صدق الله العظيم

10. Relationship between Ants and Plants
Important to break up seeds they crop for food
They turn over and air the earth more 5x more than earthworms
The thorn tree: ant lives in a tree that is covered with thorns, and they bore holes in the thorns to make homes. In return, the ant protects the tree from the leaf cutter ant who destroy the vegetation of the tree
Plants give food for the ants

11. Relationships Between Ants and People
The ants kill the rats that wait in our gardens that may cause diseases
Ants help the environment by taking unwanted plants

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