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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - The feeding apparatus of ants: an overview of structure and function. Sep 19, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth. Jun 12, 2026
Add new Web site: University of California - Integrated Pest Management Program - Home and Landscape - Ants. Feb 27, 2026
Add new Web site: PNAS - In search of ant ancestors. Jan 02, 2026
Added a cross-reference to Eciton army ant. Media added. Jul 16, 2025
Revised the taxonomy and geographic distribution of weaver ants. Jan 15, 2025
Media added. Oct 28, 2024
Added information about fungus-farming ants. Sep 20, 2024
Media added. May 10, 2024
Media added. Apr 29, 2024
Article thoroughly revised and updated. Feb 26, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - Ants: What to Know. Aug 28, 2023
Add new Web site: The Australian Museum - Ants: Family Formicidae. May 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - Ants: From the Cool to the Creepy. Apr 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Purdue University - College of Agriculture - Extension Entomology - Ants. Feb 22, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Extension - Ant. Nov 24, 2022
Add new Web site: The Spruce - 9 Types of Ants (And How to Get Rid of Them). Apr 01, 2022
Deleted video. Apr 06, 2020
Media added. Mar 21, 2017
Add new Web site: National Geographic - 10 Cool Facts About Ants! Dec 19, 2016
Add new Web site: Pest World for Kids - Ants. Dec 19, 2016
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Ants and Their Different Types. Dec 19, 2016
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Ant Facts for Kids. Dec 19, 2016
Added video. Apr 30, 2015
Add new Web site: BioKids - Ant. Jun 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Ant. May 30, 2014
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Geography of India - Ant. Oct 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Facts about Ants. Oct 11, 2013
Add new Web site: The Earth Life Web - The Ants. Oct 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Formicidae. Oct 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Ant. Oct 11, 2013
Added information on the tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva). May 24, 2013
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Ant. Mar 17, 2013
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Ant. Mar 17, 2013
Add new Web site: Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Ant. Jan 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Ant. Jan 18, 2013
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals - Anthropods - Ant. Jan 18, 2013
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Ant. Jan 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Globio - Glossopedia - Ant. Jan 18, 2013
Add new Web site: India Parenting - A Safari into the Ant World. Sep 14, 2012
Add new Web site: PestNet - Ants. Aug 07, 2012
Add new Web site: KidCyber - Animals - Ants. Aug 07, 2012
Add new Web site: PestNet - Ants. Aug 07, 2012
Add new Web site: KidCyber - Animals - Ants. Aug 07, 2012
Add new Web site: Pest World for Kids - Ants. Aug 07, 2012
Add new Web site: Pest World for Kids - Ants. Aug 07, 2012
Add new Web site: Bug Guide - Family Formicidae - Ant. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Ant. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: AgriLife Extension - Insects in the CIty - Texas Leaf Cutting Ant. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: AntsAlive - Ant Science Projects. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: AntsAlive - Ant Science Projects. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: PestNet - Carpenter Ants. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: PestNet - Carpenter Ants. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: Bug Guide - Family Formicidae - Ant. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Ant. Jul 16, 2012
Add new Web site: AgriLife Extension - Insects in the CIty - Texas Leaf Cutting Ant. Jul 16, 2012
Added image of weaver ants creating a nest. Apr 13, 2012
Added information on the slave-making ant Protomognathus americanus. Dec 03, 2010
Added photos of a carpenter ant, harvester ants, driver ants, and army ants. Feb 16, 2010
Added image of carpenter ant. Nov 18, 2009
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Ant. May 04, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Ant. Jun 13, 2008
Added new Web site: Texas A&M University - Center for Urban & Structural Entomology - Exotic Texas Ant, Paratrechina sp. near Pubens. May 15, 2008
Media added. May 09, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Ant. Mar 03, 2008
Added new Web site: Animal Corner - Ant. Feb 07, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 29, 2007
Typograhical errors corrected. Mar 29, 2007
Added new Web site: American Museum of Natural History - The Ant Colony Cycle. Aug 09, 2006
Added new Web site: The Ant: A Morphological Tour of the Super Organism. Jun 07, 2006
Added new Web site: BugGuide - Family Formicidae: Ants. Jun 02, 2006
Added new Web site: BugGuide - Family Formicidae: Ants. Jun 02, 2006
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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