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The ant is a social insect life habits, belong to the order Hymenoptera, ant antennae clear geniculate curved, one or two abdominal segment was nodular, generally do not have wings, only in the males and sterile females during mating with wings, wings off queens after mating. The ant is complete metamorphosis of insects, eggs, larvae, pupae by stages before they develop into adults, ant larvae stage without any ability, they also need not foraging, feeding exclusively by workers, workers just for adults in the first few days, responsible for the care of the queen and larvae, and then gradually began to dig a hole, collect food and other more complex work, some species of ants which have different size, a large head and teeth are also developing large, often responsible for fighting to defend the nest, also called soldier.