many small ants are crawling and working on a bark of wood

ants crawling working bark wood colony social insects teamwork pheromones division of labor workers soldiers drones foraging scavenging nest mound tunnel underground arboreal acrobat carpenter fire bullet army leafcutter weaver honeydew symbiotic mutualism parasitism predator prey biodiversity ecosystem soil decomposition nutrient cycling pest control agriculture ecosystem services climate change conservation invasive species entomology behavior anatomy physiology