Internal ant anatomy

Brain – Allows the ant to remember, think and react to its environment.

Heart – Shaped like a tube running through the ant, it surrounds the internal organs with a colourless blood.

Nerve cord – sends electronic messages through out the ants body, helping coordinate movement.

Crop – holds the ants social food it will share with the colony.

Stomach – where the ant digests its own food with acids.

Rectum – holds the waste products which will be deposited in the colonies designated waste area.

Poison glands – holds formic acid, which is sprayed and or injected as a defensive or attacking system.

Dufour’s gland – is believed to partly be involved with the production of chemicals that guide other ants and perhaps the attraction of mates.