Where do harvester ants live?

Answer 1

An ant generally lives in a nest/colony made up of several hundred to several thousand ants. Some colonies have been found to have millions of ants. Most Ants have one large ant called a queen ant who lays all of the eggs. The vast majority of Ants in a nest are workers and they are female The only males are the ones that fly out of the nest and mate with a young queen ant so that she can start her own colony. Some ant colonies will have more than one queen. These are the nests that are really large. Most nests are found in the ground though some have been found in walls of buildings and in tree trunks. Really, ants can build a nest just about anywhere.

Answer 2

Harvester ants live in hot dry areas. There are 22 species of harvester ants that live in the United States. Most all of them can be found out west and in the southwest. Most of the time they feed on seeds from grass, but they will also eat other insects.

Answer 3

it only will live near cacti because birds, such as eagle's or vulture's, will hunt food, bring it back, than throw it out. they like the left overs because they can't eat much else.