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.
Leaf-cutter ants live in large colonies, sometimes reaching three million ants. They build gigantic hills for their home. Sometimes reaching thirty feet across and twenty feet deep. One of the most widespread insects in the Amazon Rainforest, these ants are one of the primary consumers of vegetation. The ants do not actually eat the leaves, but on fungus.