English ants are nearly harmless and do little damage; but in some warmer countries ants not only do a great deal of damage, but are a positive danger to living animals, even to human beings. Amongst those that do damage, the leaf- cutting ants of tropical America are perhaps the worst. An army of these ants will strip the trees of a plantation of every leaf. The ants do not eat the leaves, but cutting them into small pieces the size of sixpence, they carry them away to their nests where they are stored up in large chambers specially made for the purpose. There, in course of time, the leaves decay, and on the decayed green stuff a small fungus grows upon which the ants feed.
i. Write two qualities of English ants.
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ii. Which ants do the worst damage in warmer countries?
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iii. What do the leaf cutting ants do to the trees?
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iv. How do ants prepare food for themselves?
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v. “…….The leaf- cutting ants of tropical America are perhaps the worst.” Why does the writer consider them to be the worst?
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vi. “The ants eat the leaves.” – Write whether the statement is true or false.
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vii. Write the antonym(s) of ‘decay’.
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