What ants do during winter.

1. WHATANTSDO DURINGWINTER

2. ANTSWINTERPLAN Most ants tend to consume and store excess foods during summer and fall. This allows them to store some fat so that they can go without food during winter. As the temperature goes down, the body temperature of ants goes down as well. They remain dormant and move slowly to conserve energy. They feed off the nutrients from the food they consumed earlier. 1

3. ANTSWINTERSTAY Ants like to stay in warmer places during the winter. The preferred places include ant hills deep down the ground, tree trunks or under rocks. Ants basically prefer places where it is a bit warmer and they can stay together tightly. 2

4. HOWANTSSTAY In order to stay warm, ants use the heat they get from one another. They close the exits of their winter homes as they don't go out in the winter and crowd tightly around the queen to keep themselves warm. Once the weather becomes warmer the ants re-open the exits. 3

5. CARPENTERANTSAREDIFFERENT Carpenter ants are little different from other ants. They prefer to live in our homes above ground by building their nests and settling in cavities of our homes such as walls, ceilings, and floors. Carpenter ants are generally attracted to wet and decayed woods. They can be seen outside their nests, unlike other ants. 4

6. CHANGESINBEHAVIOR Some of the ant species perform creative tricks to regulate their body temperature during the seasons by building tunnels that collect heat and using the heat of decomposing leaves. However, the behavior of the ants changes when the weather becomes extremely cold as their body does not permit to carry on the same task. 5

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