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Ants are insects that go through complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, adult. However, only the queen ant lays eggs. She stays in the nest -- the 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 -- the male sperm are very hardy and live in her system for years. Oddly, ants and bees are among the few animals whose UNFERTILIZED eggs hatch --- into sterile female workers. Fertilized eggs hatch into males! The queen can control whether a sperm is released to enter the egg of not.
She lays the first few eggs and cares for the larvae herself, but after these emerge as adults, they take over and she does nothing but lay 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 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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∙ 11y agoAfter mating with the queen the ant that mats the queen dies. The queen becomes pregnent and after a few weeks she has babies.
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∙ 15y agoYES, IT IS A LONG TUBE THAT PUMPS COLORLESS BLOOD FROM THE HEAD TO THE BOTTOM AND THEN BACK UP AGAIN.
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∙ 12y agoyes.
all animals (and plants, and bacteria for that matter) have DNA
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∙ 8y agoAnts have the queen for their mother and their father was a drone.
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∙ 11y agoNo! they eat human blood to gain blood
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∙ 10y agoyes there are male and female ants
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Army fire and carpenter are types of what insect?
These are all types of ants
What is cannibal ants?
Ants that eat other ants.
The difference between flying ants and carpenter ants or are all flying ants carpenter ants?
Not all flying ants are carpenter ants. However, all carpenter ants can fly. There are various types of flying ants. Carpenter ants can be distinguished by their larger size and reddish tone to their body.
What is a group of ants?
It's a colony of ants or a nest of ants. If we say an ants' colony, or ants' nest, it's the place where they live. marie
What eats fire ants?
Armidillos eat fire ants.
Can queen ants get pregnant with other ants?
Yes.
How do you get ants to stop fighting?
You rape each one and get them pregnant
Why does your pregnant dog have ants in her feces?
The dog has ants in her feces because she has an ant colony inside the stomach enjoying the free food and etc. One day there will be ants coming out the mouth,eyes,and eventually the skin. Enjoy! Stupid Question gets a Stupid Answer
Do ants have ants?
Yes ants do produce ants to continue the family.
What ants use other ants as slave ants?
red ants
What is a Ants in who guesses of Ants?
Elmo's Ants.
Army fire and carpenter are types of what insect?
These are all types of ants
What is cannibal ants?
Ants that eat other ants.
The difference between flying ants and carpenter ants or are all flying ants carpenter ants?
Not all flying ants are carpenter ants. However, all carpenter ants can fly. There are various types of flying ants. Carpenter ants can be distinguished by their larger size and reddish tone to their body.
What is the possessive noun for ants?
The possessive form of the plural noun ants is ants'. Example: I sat down to rest right on an ants' nest. They did not like that.
Your rabbits delivered babies 1 day before but they died due to ants when does it again become pregnant?
when you rebreed the doe to a buck when you rebreed the doe to a buck
What is a group of ants?
It's a colony of ants or a nest of ants. If we say an ants' colony, or ants' nest, it's the place where they live. marie
