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.
Most ants have a particular fondness for sweet things, from sugar to honey to your soft drink. Theyâll eat almost any fruit or vegetable. For many ants, the central ingredient of their diet is a substance called honeydewânot the melon, but a sweet, sticky secretion produced by aphids and other plant-sucking insects.