Nowadays, ants are moving into the urban area to change the nature of their lives and climate change. The most common area for living ants is in the forest, but the ants find ways to take advantage of city life comforts.
What do you think about why they are used to living in urban areas/houses? They did it because the climate is changing day by day, and for that, they need to cope in some other ways.
They change their nature to live in urban houses. They don’t need to find food so much in the forest, but here, they have to do it. In research, we find that there are more than 6 million workers and 50000 queens in urban areas.
It is impossible to count ants because they are so many on the earth, but an estimated number is around ten billion billion.
Why did ants come to urban areas?
They come here to cope with the climates and search for food. Usually, ants come indoors in search of food or nesting habit. They have an excellent power of searching fare by its smell. Even a tiny amount of food, pet food, or waste food attracts them. Ants are very active animals, and they have 13000 species. All species collect their daily food every day and store some food for the future.
Are they masters of cooperation?
Yes, we can say that they are masters of cooperation. Now the question is why we called them masters of collaboration. Ants are part of the natural cleaning crew. They used our waste food and cleaned the area; they took a few amounts of water too. But people don’t like their help. The ants that live in colonies with hundreds of millions of others are the most complex social insects.
They take our honey, sugar that was dropped in our kitchen, bedroom, and other areas. Usually, we see that they come with a large amount in summer because this time other insects are active much and there are also some problems with water outside. For that, they come from urban areas.
How to get rid of ants?
We have to make sure that we don’t spread food here & there. We can sill our entry point carefully. Also, where do ants hide in your house? Ants are very small. They can hide any small place like a small hole, broken wood, etc.
End Talk
Whether it seems good or bad, we should not kill them. If we do this, the circle of animals will collapse. There are many things ants do; they take dead insects and also help to spread the seeds of native plants. They don’t attack others or men if we don’t harm them. They need to leave, so they come to urban areas. For more details, you can visit our website. Thanks for being with us.
