there are 20,000
22,000 species
It is absolutely impossible to know how many fire ants there are in the world. The number of ants in one colony can be thousands upon thousands.
there are 12,000-14,000 species of ants
There are 12,500 identified species of ants. There is an estimated 22,000 species to be in the world. The ant fits into an ecosystem as an important insect for controlling the dead organic debris clean up.
Yes. Many species of ants eat caterpillars.
Many species of ants produce formic acid in their venom.
My calculation is 7000 species
There are many species of ants on this planet.
Nature has many ways of preventing one species from becomming too dominant.
Actually there are 17,678,577,670 ants in the world.
over 20,000 and they all are very small including red ants which bite there are two species of them
There are about a dozen species that commonly are seen as pest problems in the home. There are many hundreds of species in the US, and therer are uncountable bazillions of individual ants. The most frequent invaders of homes are carpenter ants (about 6 types), odorous house ants, moisture ants, and fire ants. In the yard you will find all these plus thatching ants.