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2. Ant-keeping - Wikipedia

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   The legality of intentionally shipping reproductive ants (usually a mated queen or whole colony) across state, provincial, or international borders varies substantially by country. In the United States, it is illegal to ship live queen ants across state lines without a license or explicit permission from relevant state or federal entities.

3. Formicarium - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, it is usually illegal to ship live queen ants across state lines without a permit, and most ant farms sold in the US contain no queens. [citation needed] Professional ant shops and suppliers may ship ants only within the state where they reside.

4. Queen ant - Wikipedia

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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 ]

5. Yes, Ants Actually Farm Their Food - AOL

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   Leafcutter ants live only in South America, Mexico, Central America, and a few select areas of the Southern United States, including Texas.. There are at least 55 distinct species of leaf cutter ...

6. Ant colony - Wikipedia

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   Often this comprises the genetically related progeny from a single queen, although this is not universal across ants. [6] The name "ant farm" is commonly given to ant nests that are kept in formicaria, isolated from their natural habitat. These formicaria are formed so scientists can study by rearing or temporarily maintaining them.

7. Fungus-growing ants - Wikipedia

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   Higher attines, in contrast, live in colonies made of 5–10 million ants that live and work within hundreds of interconnected fungus-bearing chambers in huge subterranean nests. [ 2 ] [ 33 ] Some colonies are so large, they can be seen from satellite photos , measuring up to 600 m 3 (21,000 cu ft).

8. Black garden ant - Wikipedia

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   A Lasius niger queen can live for up to 29 years [2] the longest recorded lifespan for any eusocial insect. [3] Lasius niger queens in the early stages of founding can have two to three other queens in the nest. They will tolerate each other until the first workers come, then it is most likely they will fight until one queen remains. Under ...

9. Carebara diversa - Wikipedia

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   Carebara species have permanent nests, while real army ants have only temporary nests (Dorylus) or form a bivouac with their own bodies (Eciton). Colonies of real army ants have only one queen, so when she dies, the workers may try to join another colony, or the rest of the colony also dies; Carebara colonies can have many (up to 16) queens.