Ants have evolved over millions of years due to the wide range of conditions. In the series' did you know ... 'you can find a lot of trivia and interesting facts about ants and their details.

On this page you can read about the special architecture of ants.

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S ome ants build dikes? Fire ants or f ire ants build their nests underground. Around the entrance to their nest, they build a dike of a few centimeters high. These dikes would protect them from rain, but it is not clear. Many other ants also build dikes.

T he highest bosmierenhoop in Britain 167 centimeters high? Really special is that, anyway. At this forum you can read about a larger nest and here a veeery large nest of more than 2 meters high. The termite nests are usually not as high, but it can still meters diameter.