Ant Facts!

  1. There are over 12,000 ant species worldwide
  2. The bullet ant is said to have the most painful sting in the world!
  3. Fire ants cause over £3 billion worth of damage a year!
  4. Ants are the longest living insects
  5. The ant is one of the world’s strongest creatures in relation to its size
  6. Ants hold the record for the fastest movement in the animal kingdom
  7. Ants can be found on every single continent except Antarctica
  8. Ants are social insects which live in colonies
  9. Ants don’t have ears, and some of them don’t have eyes!
  10. The largest ant’s nest ever found was over 3,700 miles wide!
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