How do ants identify sweets kept in a tin?

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Sense of smell in ants:
The sensory receptor of ants are present on their cell surface. Ants have a great sense of smell.
Ants have poor eyesight, thus they find their food using the sense of smell.
Ants have thin, small antennae which are mobile thus, antennae help the ants to sense the smell of their food,
Ants possess a chemical messenger called pheromones through which they communicate with each other.

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Now observe, how do the ants move?

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