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.
TRS_Blog_MOBI_BelowTitle. Giant anteaters consume up to 30,000 ants in a single day â which is even more impressive considering they sleep for sixteen hours a day. They use their long tongues, which are coated with sticky saliva, to slurp up hundreds of ants per minute.