ant colony

Summary

ant colony is a term^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• ant colony's image is recorded as Ant queens on brood (Pheidole dentata) (42171519822).jpg^[3].
• ant colony's image is recorded as Ant active exploration using antenna.jpg^[4].
• ant colony's instance of is recorded as term^[5].
• ant colony's subclass of is recorded as insect colony^[6].
• ant colony's Commons category is recorded as Ant hills^[7].
• ant colony's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0425yl^[8].
• ant colony's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 808465^[9].
• ant colony's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[10].
• ant colony's used by is recorded as Formicidae^[11].
• ant colony's has characteristic is recorded as superorganism^[12].
• ant colony's different from is recorded as Hormiguero^[13].
• ant colony's different from is recorded as ant nest^[14].
• ant colony's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 60891933^[15].
• ant colony's AntWiki article ID is recorded as Life_in_an_Ant_Colony^[16].
• ant colony's Encyclopédie berbère article ID is recorded as 1964^[17].
• ant colony's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C60891933^[18].

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Designation and Status

ant colony's instance of is recorded as term^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for ant colony include it optimization algorithms^[19], a metaheuristic^[20].

Why It Matters

ant colony ranks in the top 9% of term entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (579 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for it include it optimization algorithms^[19], a metaheuristic^[20].