Annuk Ants

Ants are a common Annuk species. They are all born from eggs laid by their queen, who can produce them because of her diet of royal jelly.

Anatomy

About 5' tall. The workers use their lower four limbs to stand upright and the solders stand on two, to leave four free for combat. T heir queen is about 20 feet long and almost never stands upright. 

Culture

 Ants are highly militaristic and, like the bees, highly structured. They are almost entirely male and are lead by their queen. Their vast army hunts and forages for the rest of the population while their equally large labor force work with the bees on infrastucture projects.

Soldiers can always be seen with javelin, a skinning knife, a heavy shield, and a multipurpose cleaver.

Females ants grow wings and, when they come of age, join a merchant caravan or sometimes start a settlement in the desert. When the queen dies, the workers elect a new queen among the females. Once made queen, the female goes on a diet of royal jelly and releases a pheromone that causes anyone nearby to obey her. The new queen then begins to lay eggs, which are fertilized by workers.