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The queen's eggs are bigger because the queen is the only ant capable of reproducing, that is why it is protected and pampered by the worker ants.
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Why do worker ants are happy to work for the queen ant?
Worker ants provide food, dig tunnels, and care for pupa. These ants work so that the queen ant is able to continue producing more eggs and therefore, more ants.
What is the male ant called?
The female ant is simply called "Queen". When the queen starts to lay eggs, her fertilized eggs will become female ants. Almost all ants are females. The eggs then hatch after several days. The queen feeds the larvae that emerge by spitting up food she makes from her leftover wing muscles, from her own energy reserves, and sometimes from eating some of the other eggs or larvae. The larvae grow then form pupae. Gradually, they turn into adult ants. When the pupae open in a week or two, adult ants emerge and start to gather food. Worker ants are sterile females, which means they do not lay eggs. Worker ants keep eggs, larvae, and pupae at the right temperature by moving them from chamber to chamber within the nest, the worker ants take care of the new eggs, larvae, and pupae. They take care of the queen too, all she does is lay eggs. She may live for 10 to 20 years, laying eggs fertilized during her one mating flight. Most of the fertilized eggs become new workers. But occasionally the worker ants feed more food to some of the young, and that makes them turn into queen ants. Sometimes the queen lays unfertilized eggs, which become male ants. The male ants don't help maintain the colony. Instead, they fly from the nest in search of a queen. When they find a queen, they mate. Then the cycle begins again.
Why do you not need to consider the sex ratio for an ant population?
You do not need to consider the sex ratio for an ant population as the Queen ant creates all the eggs, which they hatch and become worker ants to feed the queen so the Queen can reproduce, if all the worker ants die, the Queen dies and no eggs are laid, so the sex ratio is not considered in an ant population.
Do uncle Milton ants lay eggs?
No , it is against Federal laws to ship a queen ant across state lines and so your colony will not have an egg-producing queen because the ants Uncle Milton has sent are sterile female worker ants .
How many babys does queen ants make?
HOW MANY EGGS DOES A QUEEN ANT HAVE?: Depending on the ants spiceies the amount will vary (change) many types of queen ants have between (75-100) eggs a day! it might seem unbielievable but it is true..... the reason you dont see that many ants is because many of the eggs will not survive for various reasons...... and because the nurse ,worker ,and feeding ants sadly do not live too long...... although queen ants have been recorded to live as long as 65 years.
What are the 3 main jobs of worker ants?
Ants are social creatures that live in colonies, with each individual having a role to perform. The queen lays eggs that produce the next generation. Workers perform tasks such as finding and delivering food. Some species also have soldier ants to protect the nest or invade other nests.
How are ants created?
they are not made the are born and they have a head thorax and abdomen
How many eggs does a song sparrow lay?
I am not sure about the amount of eggs.... most likely 4-5 eggs, but yes some birds lay eggs in nests of other birds when they have hatched their eggs and are done raising their chicks. HOW MANY EGGS DOES A QUEEN ANT HAVE?: Depending on the ants spiceies the amount will vary (change) many types of queen ants have between (75-100) eggs a day! it might seem unbielievable but it is true..... the reason you dont see that many ants is because many of the eggs will not survive for various reasons...... and because the nurse ,worker ,and feeding ants sadly do not live too long...... although queen ants have been recorded to live as long as 65 years!!!!!!! if you have any more questions about ants please ask....
Do ants have live babies?
Yes they do the queen is called the mother of all ants because she lays all the eggs
Do ants have queens or something else?
They have queens. The queen mates once during her lifetime and reproduce thousands of young every single day until she dies or something kills her, than another female ant take her place. The queen ant is usually bigger than the other ants.
Can all ants have children?
No only the queen lays 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.
