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The Ants (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

It would be difficult to overstate the significance of ants. Bert Holldobler and Edward 0. Wilson rightly call them the “culmination of insect evolution, in the same sense that human beings represent the summit of vertebrate evolution.” Where they thrive, their impact on the environment is immense, whether as predators of other insects and invertebrates, consumers of plants or seeds, or movers of the soil. Some of the nearly nine thousand identified species are native to every continent but Antarctica. They form a significant percentage of the biomass in many environments. Perhaps...

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