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The
body of an ant is clearly divided into three sections:
the head, the thorax, and the gaster. (The narrow waist
is actually within the abdomen, so the part of the abdomen
behind the waist is called the gaster.) The waist can
be made up of one or two small segments, depending on
the species. Ants are social insects living in colonies
comprised of one or a few queens, and many workers.
The queen generally stays deep and safe within a nest.
Most ants that you see are workers and these are all
females. Depending on species, workers may be similar
in size, or come in a range of sizes. Ants tend to come
in dark or earth tones. Different species are black,
earth-tone reds, pale tans, and basic browns.
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