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 total number of ants on Earth has been estimated as at least one quadrillion. This is 1 x 1015, or one thousand million million. The total biomass of ants has been said toâ¦ exceed that of all other macroscopic animal species combined. 25 people found this useful.