WHY DO PEOPLE HATE THEM?

People don't like ants coming into their home because they get into food. When ants are crawling through food, you don't feel like eating it! Ants are so tiny that they can come through gaps so small you can hardly see them. And when you see one ant, you can be sure there are going to be more following behind!

Ants are social insects that live in colonies (groups of related ants). There are thousands of species of ants found all over the world and in just about every type of environment. There is even a special word for the science of studying ants - it is called myrmecology!

Some ants have a stinger and some can even inject poisonous acid from the stinger (the stinger is at the tip of the abdomen, the rear body segment). Ants can also bite using their jaws (mandibles).