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  2. Queen ant - Wikipedia

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    A queen ant (formally known as a gyne) is an adult, reproducing female ant in an ant colony; she is usually the mother of all the other ants in that colony. Some female ants, such as the Cataglyphis , do not need to mate to produce offspring, reproducing through asexual parthenogenesis or cloning , and all of those offspring will be female. [ 1 ]

  3. Army ant - Wikipedia

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    Due to the queen's large reproductive potential, a colony of army ants can be descended from a single queen. [10] When the queen ant dies, there is no replacement and army ants cannot rear emergency queens. Most of the time, if the queen dies, the colony will likely die too. Queen loss can occur due to accidents during emigrations, predator ...

  4. Tapinoma sessile - Wikipedia

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    Tapinoma sessile is a species of small ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, sugar ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. [1] Their colonies are polydomous (consisting of multiple nests) and polygynous (containing multiple reproducing queens ).

  5. Pharaoh ant - Wikipedia

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    The queen can typically produce eggs in batches of 10 to 12 at once, but can lay up to 400 eggs every time she mates. The eggs that are produced take up to 42 days to mature from an egg to an adult. Each queen within the nest lives between 4 and 12 months. [29] During copulation, sperm is transferred from male to female inside a spermatophore ...

  6. Nuptial flight - Wikipedia

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    Not all ants follow the basic pattern described above. In army ants only males are alates, having wings. They fly out from their parent colony in search of other colonies where wingless virgin queens wait for them. A colony with an old queen and one or more mated young queens then divides, each successful queen taking a share of the workers.

  7. Footage shows massive colonies of fire ants floating in ...

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    "Floating fire ant colonies can look like ribbons, streamers, mats, rafts, or an actual 'ball' of ants floating on the water." Sadly, if you thought boats would be able to keep you safe from the ...

  8. Dorylus - Wikipedia

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    Driver ant queens are the largest ants on Earth and have the greatest egg-laying capacity among insects, laying several million eggs each month. [11] Several species in this genus carry out raids on termitaria, paralyzing or killing termites and carting them back to the nest. [12] Colonies of driver-ant species have only one queen. [13]

  9. Images of Queen behind the lens released for World ... - AOL

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    The monarchy has shared images of the Queen taking her own pictures over the years. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...