Alexis is a Greek name meaning defender or helper.. It is derived from the Greek word 'alexo,' meaning to defend or to help.. Although technically a separate name, Alexis is often used alongside Alexios, which is one of its derivatives.
So an colony of 50 ants will only eat about 1 gram of food per day (50 ants x 2 miligrams each), and they will harvest about 37 grams or 1.3 ounces of food and material each day.
The largest velvet ant species, cowkillers are 15-25 mm (0.6-1 in) long. Females are slightly larger than males. Diet. Adult cowkiller ants primarily feed on nectar but they will also eat larvae and adult insects, such as flies, beetles, bees, and other wasps. Reproduction Males fly low over the ground searching for females that they find using sight and smell to detect the pheromones that females secrete.