Biodiversity Information Projects of the World

Antweb

Project Website

http://www.antweb.org

Project Description

At this moment, more than one thousand trillion ants are scurrying all over the Earth. If every human climbed aboard one side of a scale, and every ant crawled onto the other side, the scale would just about balance.
Ants are everywhere. They are found under logs, in trees, in the stomachs of frogs, and underground. They use tools, herd and milk other animals, and live in highly organized colonies which can last for hundreds of years.

Ants are incredibly diverse. They can be as small as the point of a pin, or as big as a walnut. They can look as sleek as sports cars, or as bulky as tanks. AntWeb illustrates this diversity by providing information and high quality color images of many of the approximately 10,000 known species of ants. AntWeb currently focusses on the species of the Nearctic and Malagasy biogeographic regions, and the ant genera of the world. Over time, the site will grow to describe every species of ant known.

Contact

Brian Fisher
Antweb Project Leader
Antweb

Project Type

Data Aggregator

Project Language

English

Key Inputs

Data

Key Infrastructure

Search tools, regional lists, descriptions, images, field guides, maps

Key Technologies

Excel, Biota, Automontage, Microsoft SQL Server, Google Earth, Tomcat, Java

Key Processes

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global - Global coverage

Taxonomic Scope

Family - Formicidae

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