Ants are all insects of the town of Formicidae, the Hymenoptera. Ants have more than 12,000 species (species), mostly living in the tropics. most of the ants are known as social insects, with colonies and their regular nests consisting of thousands of ants per colony. Members of the colony are divided into worker ants, male ants, and queen ants. There may also be a group of guard ants. a colony can dominate a large area to support their lives. The colony of ants is sometimes called "superorganism" because of their colonies that form a unity.