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Ants are insects that go through complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. However, in most ant species, only the queen ant lays eggs. She stays in the nest -- the wingless worker ants you see are all sterile females. The winged ants you see in spring or fall are the fertile females and males. The queen-to-be mates with a male ant, then goes off to found a new nest. The male dies soon after mating.
The queen only mates once in her lifetime and may mate with several males -- the male sperm are stored live in her system for years in a special organ. The queen can control whether a sperm is released to enter the egg of not. Oddly, ants, wasps and bees are among the few animals whose UNFERTILIZED eggs hatch --- into males! Fertilized eggs hatch into sterile female workers or virgin queens.
She lays the first few eggs and cares for the larvae herself, but after these emerge as adults, they take over and she lays eggs for the rest of her life. The worker ants collect the eggs and care for the larvae and the pupae. (The pupa is the cocoon stage -- the thing that looks like a grain of puffed rice that you sometimes see if you dig up an anthill.)
The average worker ant lives only 2-3 weeks, but since new ones are being produced all the time, the colony sustains itself quite well.
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What do females ants do?
The female's lay eges to reproduce.
How do ants reproduce giving birth or lays egg?
Eggs.
From where do ants come from?
Ants come in from outside through tiny open spaces. Many of them will build a nest in the walls of a house and reproduce continuously.
How often do bullet ants reproduce?
Bullet ants will mate as many times in a short period as it takes to fill their colony. Sometimes they only need to mate once per season the get the number of ants they want.
Do ants reproduce in large numbers to survive?
yes they do actully the queen only produces they are like bees
How ants lives?
they have oxygen tanks, loaves of hoavis, rich tea biscuits and a kettle:)Ants live in colonies and often create little hills that house them. Many of the ants are workers that gather food and supplies, while a few of the males and females reproduce.
Is an butterfly an parthenogenesis?
Although there are some insects that can reproduce through parthenogenesis, such as some species of ants and bees, the butterfly is not one of them.
How do you reproduce with an ant?
It cannot be done without a queen ant and male ants. The queen lays all the eggs. The workers and soldiers are sterile.
Do ants come out at night?
Flying ants come out when the new queen ant and the male reproducing ants leave the colony to form new colonies. The new queen removes her wings when she begins to reproduce. The males die shortly after because the queen removes their wings. They are no longer of any use after mating because they do not work.
Why do ants reproduce rapidly?
because they have a big fat queen ant that is contantly popping out eggs
How long does it take ants to breed?
It is not known exactly how often ants reproduce. The Queen for example, can store sperm in her pouch which she can release whenever she wants, to fertilize her eggs by means of asexual reproduction.
If female ants are born sterile which ones are queens?
The vast majority of female ants are sterile. It is unclear how they are chosen but there are a select few, and I say few because there are more than one that can reproduce and will take the place as the queen. About 100 000 female ants and possibly 10 reproductive ants, as a relative ratio. Almost all ants you will see ever are sterile and female. The reproducing female ants stay out of harms way, and there are more than one so if one dies the colony isn't doomed! Male ants are not common either as they do not live very long, and only have one function which is to mate with the queen.
