Panda Ant

Panda Ant

Characteristics

Types of feeding

Geographical space and habitat

Food chain

Growth stages

Order: Hymenoptera

Family: Multillidae

Species: Euspinolia militaris

Common Name: The Panda Ant

1. An ant’s life begins as a soft, oval and tiny egg.

2. The egg hatches into a worm-shaped larva with no eyes or legs.

3. When a larva is large enough, it metamorphoses into a pupa.

4. Finally the pupa emerges as an adult.

Queens are females larger than workers and can live for decades under the right conditions.

Workers are females that were fed less as larvae. They do not reproduce.

Males have wings and fly to mate with queens. They live for only a few weeks.

Omnivores

Primarily eats nectar as their daily source

Native to western Mexico, China, South America, Arizona and Brazil.

Males tend to be more nocturnal than the females, who are rather active during the day. The Panda Ant are more active during temperatures that occur after sunset.

Secondary consumer

Type of reproduction

Sexual

The panda ant lays approximately 2000 eggs