Do ants need to breath

Answer 1

No, but re ants can. Because they made them self as a life boat and float to the other side of the river after landing they continue to march but when the water push to strong they make using themselves as bridge and make them march one by one. When the ants ( taking food or babies ) had pass the bridge then, the ants ( the one that made themselves as bridge ) FLIP and jump through the back of the front ants. They keep doing that a lot.

+++

That's not quite the same thing - that is how to cross water without drowning.

Answer 2

No, ants can not breathe underwater, as they can not in fact breathe at all - at least not the way most animals (including us humans) do. Ants absorb oxygen from the atmosphere through pores in their exoskeleton. However, as they are very small, they need very little oxygen, and can therefore survive for quite a long time underwater.

I believe (and someone correct me if I am wrong) that they can also absorb some oxygen from the water, but very little so, and not nearly enough for them to survive down there.

Answer 3

Insects cannot breathe water itself as they have no gills. There are aquatic insects (and Spiders), however, but these breathe a thin layer of air they keep trapped around their body to supply their breathing pores. It often looks like a layer of silver around them.

Answer 4

No bees do not, altho they can go a day underwater without coming up to the surface which is really crazy

Answer 5

if ants don't have lungs how do they breath?

Answer 6

The larvae and nymphs of some insects do have gills to enable them to live, breath and mature under water. These include dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies, stoneflies, and scorpionflies.

Answer 7

no ants can not swim they would drown

Answer 8

yes