ant lifespan
Ant colonies can be long-lived. The queens can live for up to 30 years, and workers live from 1 to 3 years. Males, however, are more transitory, being quite short-lived and surviving for only a few weeks. Ant queens are estimated to live 100 times as long as solitary insects of a similar size. Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 99 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. The life span of adult ants is highly variable. Queens of many species may live a decade or more. Queens usually live much longer than their workers. For instance, a fire ant queen lives about seven years, but her workers live only for about 50 to 150 days. However, I think it would be safe to assume that the queens always live longer (in the span of years as opposed to months for the workers) than the workers when considering available data for ant species. This seems to be a trend for eusocial insect species. The queens can be incredibly long lived. Termites are another example of this longevity (A Termite Queen And Her Ultimate Sacrifice)--with queens living 15 or so years. Find Life Insurance Information in your state. Life insurance regulations vary from state to state. Please click on your state below to learn about the best way you and your family can get the most benefits at the most affordable prices. Alabama. Ants vary in colour; most ants are red or black, but a few species are green and some tropical species have a metallic lustre. More than 12,000 species are currently known (with upper estimates of the potential existence of about 22,000) (see the article List of ant genera), with the greatest diversity in the tropics. Find Life Insurance Information in your state. Life insurance regulations vary from state to state. Please click on your state below to learn about the best way you and your family can get the most benefits at the most affordable prices. Washington, D.C. The lifespan of ants varies by species (the red imported fire ant workers live 3-6 months and the queen can live 2-6 years according to University of FL). Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human. The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days. Ants use their antenae not only for touch, but also for their sense of smell. The head of the ant has a pair of large, strong jaws. An ant's life span is normally only about 90 days. Harvester ants seem to live a little longer, usually 2 to 6 months. We had a case where the ants lasted a whole year but that is exceptional. They are small insects and do not have a long life expectancy.'.
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