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Amy Ant: Most ants arepredators or scavengersbut some ants eat fungusthat they grow in theircolony. Leafcutter antscollect fresh leaves, bringthem back to their nest,and break these down intosmaller pieces. These smallpieces are used as a mulch(substrate) for the fungus.Mica: Wow, some ants arefarmers!Page 11
Amy Ant: Some members of ahoneypot ant colony fill theirstomach (abdomen) with food(flower nectar and othersweet substances) untilswollen. The other ants thenreceive food from the swollenants.Other ants “milk” plant lice(Homoptera,including aphids)for the sweet nectar the liceprovide. This nectar is sodelicious some ants tend thelice, like farmers tend cows orpigs.Mica: It seems like ants reallylike to eat sweet things. I havesome cake in my backpack.Would you like some?Amy Ant: This cake isdelicious!Page 12
Page 1: Dr. Sheila Grant(Mica’s mom)Formi
Page 4 and 5: Mica: Whatever, mom. I still think
Page 6 and 7: Mica: Thank you. What was that thin
Page 8 and 9: Amy Ant: We have onequeen who start
Page 11: Amy Ant: An ant’s life begins as
Page 15 and 16: Dr. Grant: Time to wake up Mica.Mic
Page 17 and 18: Mica: Oh mom, this is so great!Ants
Page 19: See youlater!The End

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