My ant is the Argentine ant. It’s scientific name isLinepithema humile. This ant is found in San Diego. It is from South America. The Argentine ant is brown. It has two antenna. They make tunnels. The queen is important because it makes baby ants.
It is a bad thing that Argentine ants come to San Diego and killed the other ants. What happens is the lizards that eat ants from San Diego have no food. There will be fewer lizards.
Argentine ants like to eat sweet food like sugar, candy, and jelly. They follow the scent with their antenna to get to the food. They will also eat meat. After the ants find the food, they carry it back to the tunnels.
Argentine ant colonies can have millions of ants. They can have a lot of queens, not just one. Worker ants dig tunnels. Worker ants also go and get food. The Argentine ant is small like a cookie crumb.