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Definitely not.
In most kinds of ants, if you feed one of the larvae the right amounts of the right kind of food and hormones, then it will grow up into a queen. Otherwise it will grow into a worker or soldier or some other caste. Once that has happened, in fact, by the time it forms a pupa, it is too late to change anything.
A few kinds of ants form only small colonies and they do not have proper castes at all. Most of their females may lay eggs, and if the main egg-laying females die, then other females can begin active egg laying.
However, some castes of many kinds of termites (they are not ants, but form similar colonies in much the same way as ants) can morph into queens if the real queen dies. The morphed queen is never as big and effective as the original real queen, and it may take several morphed queens to do the job of one real queen.
What else can I help you with?
What are female ants called?
queens of course queens of course
Do queens eat dead ants?
No. In colonies, there are special ants that have the job of disposing of deceased ants.
How do ants sort out worker ants?
they sort by using the queens hormons to make the ants do certain actions
How tall is Alex Morf?
Alex Morf is 5' 8".
How large are ant queens?
they are VERY big ants.
When was Fritz Morf born?
Fritz Morf was born on 1928-01-29.
Do all hymentoptera insects have queens?
No. You only find queens who do all the egg-laying in colonies of social insects, such as ants, termites, honey bees and the like. In solitary insects any female will lay eggs.
What is an ants male name?
They are just called male ants. Nearly all ant colonies also have some fertile males called "drones" and one or more fertile females called "queens."
How do ants make baby's?
Ants reproduce sexually, with a queen ant mating with a male ant to produce eggs. The queen lays eggs which hatch into larvae, eventually developing into worker ants or new queens and male ants. The queen can fertilize eggs to produce female worker ants or unfertilized eggs to produce male ants or new queens.
When was Sarah Morf born?
Sarah Morf was born on August 31, 1990, in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA.
How many ants in a kingdom?
The number of ants in a colony can vary depending on the species, but it can range from a few hundred to several million. Ant colonies are highly organized societies with specific roles for different ants such as workers, queens, and drones.
Do ants bit?
Yes ... they do. All ants are female except a few males who are there to inseminate the queen/queens during mating. All ants bite when needed to defend the nest and there are some ants (soldiers) who have special abilities when doing so. Some soldier ants have large and powerful jaws to crush other ants while others have the ability to squirt formic acid at enemy ants when fighting. Yes ... female ants do bite and I can tell you from experience it can be quite painful.
