The queen termite can live for decades, with the rest of her colony surviving for years. Flying ant queens, on the other hand, only live for a few years, and their workers a few days to several ...

When the winged males (drones) and virgin queens (princesses) emerge from the nest, they scatter to maximise the chance of mating between different colonies and reduce inbreeding. An ant colony can ...

A flying ant is essentially a regular ant that’s sprouted ... Fluttering off post-coital in search of a suitable nesting site ...