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A queen ant (formally known as a gyne) is an adult, reproducing female ant in an ant colony; she is usually the mother of all the other ants in that colony. Some female ants, such as the Cataglyphis, do not need to mate to produce offspring, reproducing through asexual parthenogenesis or cloning, and all of those offspring will be female. [1]
Anne Bancroft as the Queen Ant, the royal mother and ruler of the ants. Dan Aykroyd as Chip, a wasp whom Z befriends. Grant Shaud as the Foreman, the head of the worker ants. John Mahoney as Grebs, a drunk ant scout who talked about Insectopia. Jane Curtin as Muffin "Muffy" the Wasp, Chip's wife. Paul Mazursky as Z's Psychiatrist.
The male ants congregate and collectively give off a pheromone that attracts reproductive females. The more males present to give off the pheromone, the stronger the attraction for the females. Although this practice strongly favors certain males and leaves many others without mates, the congregation of males attracts more females on the whole ...
Meat ant nest swarming Winged ants in Finland. Nuptial flight is an important phase in the reproduction of most ant, termite, and some bee species. [1] It is also observed in some fly species, such as Rhamphomyia longicauda.
A boa constrictor in the U.K. gave birth to 14 babies — without a mate. The process is called parthenogenesis, from the Greek words for “virgin” and “birth.”
A similar German story involving army ants, Leiningen Versus the Ants, was written in 1937 and recreated in movie form as The Naked Jungle in 1954. [231] In more recent times, animated cartoons and 3-D animated films featuring ants have been produced including Antz , A Bug's Life , The Ant Bully , The Ant and the Aardvark , Ferdy the Ant and ...
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The ants are ranked among the world's 100 worst invasive animal species. [47] In its introduced range, the Argentine ant often displaces most or all native ants and can threaten native invertebrates and even small vertebrates that are not accustomed to defending against the aggressive ants.