THE ANT
Ant is the creatures who come
from Arthropoda Filum, Class of Insecta with Hymenoptera Ordo and Formicidae
Family. Right now, there are approximately 10.000-12.000 species of ant. Ant
are found in every place in this world, except in Islandia, Greenland, and
Hawaii. Ant is the second of strongest animal in this world. Male ant can bring
load that more heavy about fifty times than their self.
Ant
live in the colony, which can survive 15 until 20 years. In one colony, there
are few female ant, who can reproduce, we called them The Queen. The Queen
produced eggs, use the saving sperm from breeding before she become a queen.
Each
ant that we see always move walk, and
walk are the sterile female ant-worker. Male ant hatched from unfertilisation
egg, which produce one time in one year, and they will mating with the virgin
queen in the sky, and after that they will die.
There
are Four kind of ant :
1.
The Forage. Ant who hunt the food
2.
The Patrol. Go out from nest in early morning
and decide where will the ant-worker will search the food
3.
The ant who keep the nest, clean it, and
build room in the nest
4.
The ant who work in midden or trash place.
There is a sign of their specific stink
Sometime,
we see the ant always say “hello” to their friends when they meet. Actually,
the fact
each ant use their stink to
identification what kind of ant that he meet. Ant has oil layer membrane that
made from hydrocarbon (organic-chemistry
). Every ant’s group, the worker, the forage, the patrol, the “cleaning
service “ , and the midden ant have unique hydrocarbon compound. When they
meet , ant always touch their antenna into each other. The function of this
behavioral is to detect chemistry substance in their friend’s body, so he will
know what kind of ant that he meet.
Ant’s
eyesight is not good. Ant use short term-chemistry clue, we called it Feromone
that secretion in certain situation. The best information that known from
feromone is this substance use for danger signal, it makes ant run around when
they disturbed. Some ant secretion this feromone from the tip of their abdomen
to sign the way and give the trace that can be followed by other ant. Ant has
12 or 14 different glands to secretion the different substance.
Ant
also sign in religion, such as Islam and Christian. In Islam ant signed in hadist from Rasulullah
S.A.W from Abu Hurairah that told us
that ant is the creature who always pray to ALLAH. And in Christine, ant signed
in Bible at old testament.
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