Welcome on ant-maps.com

Ant-maps is an Internet site Concerning ants and maps. Ants are social insects. They live together In Their rate to the nest and co-existence of Their colony. Centrally-in ant colonies are one or more queens. They are looked after and are protected by the worker ants. Once per year new winged queens and males fly out. This is called the mating flight. The fertilised queens found new colonies afterwards. The nests or colonies or woodants are good examples or Such colonies.

In the Netherlands come Several species of wood ants are protected. The bald bunch red ant (Formica polyctena) and the hairy red wood ant (Formica rufa). They build large nests or domes, sometimes more than one meter high. In thesis nests 30.000 Several ants and queens live together. The wood-ant project, Which Presented on this web site, at AIMS maps thesis or anthills. Generally in the woods, but sometimes Also in the city or along the way.

The colonies or woodants Often Recognizable are domes or needles in the woods. But what is amazing is That the ants move from one nest to another one. For example to Obtain or bring food. The different species do equally woodant coop rate this way. A group of ant nests That is connected with roads is called a super colony. This wood ant rpoject thesis focuses to super colonies and compares them. The Largest in the database is 30 hectares large, smaller ones only a few hectares. Of the most beautiful super colonies in the surroundings or you'll find in the Venlo Floriade. No wonder there That so much attention to the protection of this super colony. And fortunately successfully!

More information on ants in general and the project:

• Simplyfied list of research sites and nests with basic data and photo's.
• Basic information on ants and ant-amazing acts.
• Floriade 2012 Venlo , the protection of this endangered super colony.