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| navigate by keyword : 000 800 ancestors ant antennae ants autumn bees belong branch classified close cretaceous distinctive easily elbowed estimated eusocial evolved family flower formicidae forms geniculate geology group hymenoptera identified insect insects iron leaf nature node like order period plant red rock slender soil species stick structure total tree trunk twig vespoid waists wall wasp wasps wildlife wood |
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| Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their geniculate (elbowed) antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists. |
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