How does the queen reproduce?
Unlike ordinary insects, ants reproduce by their queens. And the main responsibility is to lay eggs, reproduce and manage the extended family of this group. How does the queen reproduce? How long does it live?
How does the queen reproduce?
The queen reproduces by laying eggs. After mating, it will dig the shaft alone and open up a small room about 6 centimeters wide. And then breed in it.
The number of eggs laid by the queen varies slightly from 500 to 1000 eggs per day, but not all species can lay eggs every day at every quantitative stage of the colony, and some ants even tend to lay eggs seasonally. a queen can lay tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even more eggs in her life. after the newborn queen establishes a community, with the increase in the number of workers, it will gradually lose its ability to find food on its own. In the end, even food has to be fed by worker ants, and the queen has another trick, that is, it can lay eggs no matter whether it is fertilized or not, and the unfertilized eggs will develop into males.
Second, how long is the lifespan of the queen?
The queen ant can live as long as 20 years. But a stray ant can only live for a few days.
Termite queens also have a long lifespan, usually 15-30 years, and some even 60 or 70 years.
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