Formica subserica
Ecological Importance
Ants play an important role in the environment.
Ants turn and aerate the soil, allowing water and oxygen to reach plant roots.
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Ants take seeds down into their tunnel to eat the nutritious elaiosomes that are part of the seed. |
| These seeds often sprout and grow new plants
(seed dispersal).
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| Ants eat a wide variety of organic material and
provide food for many different organisms.
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Click to learn more about the ant's role in the food web
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