Exhibition “ANTS”
There are more than 14 000 known species of ants worldwide. It is estimated that our planet is inhabited by at least 20 x 1015 or 20 000 000 000 000 000 (20 quadrillion) ants, which amounts to an average of 2.5 million ants per person on the planet. Ants range in length from 0.8 to 52 mm.
- Myopopone castanea SE Asia and NW Australia
- Polyrhachis sp. SE Asia
- Red Wood Ant Formica rufa N and central Eurasia
- Leafcutter Ant Atta cephalotes Central and S America
- Oriental Trap-jaw Ant Odontomachus simillimus SE Asia and N Australia
- Woodland Red Ant Myrmica ruginodis N and central Eurasia
- Harvester Ant Messor structor S and central Eurasia
- Polyrhachis sp. SE Asia
- Bullet Ant Paraponera clavata Central and South America
- Weaver Ant Oecophylla smaragdina SE Asia and N Australia
- East Indian Harvesting Ant Carebara diversa SE Asia
- Carpenter Ant Camponotus sp. S America
- Leafcutter Ant Atta cephalotes Central and S America
- Pheidole jucunda S Asia
- Odontoponera sp. SE Asia