Most insects live alone. But ants live in big group called colonies. Some colonies have half a million ants. Most ant colonies live in the ground or under rocks. Ants also make nests above the ground inside wood, in tree trunks, and in piles of leaves.
Young worker ants stay inside the nest. They take care of the eggs and babies. Older workers go outside to find food to carry home.
Each ant colony has a queen. She is larger and lives longer than the other ants. A queen may live to be 15 years old. She spends most of her life laying eggs.
There are over 8,000 different kinds of ants and they are found all over the world.
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