All the described types of formic 12643 differ from each other. Some ants some more than others. On this page you will find facts about the appearance of ants. More details can be found at the other 's you know that .

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T he largest ant in the world is not as nice as you might think. The queen of "driver ants" or Siafu (Dorylinae) may be 5 centimeters. The male looks like a sausage onion. His nickname is Sausage Fly. These are 2.5 inches wide. If they Siafu at a colony near the wings will be clipped by the workers. Then the man dragged to the nest.

The greatest workers ever have been found in ants belong to the Formicium giganteum. This ant lived 46 million years ago and could be 3 centimeters. The queen even 5.5 centimeters.

• Antbase.org, dorylinae
• Wikipedia, Dorylus
• World's Largest Ant , Educateearth, 'Nova' 2007

T he smallest Mieris the Australian Carebara ant (Oligomyrmex). Workers can hardly recognize. They are from 0.75 to 1 millimeter in length. The Leptanilla revelierii is its very small.

• Guardian.co.uk Leptanilla revelierii
• There are 262 species of ants in Japan , Gakkens photo encyclopedia
• Myrmicinae Genus : Carebara, Antweb.org, 2009