Animals

In Russia, the dominant species of ants is lasius niger or garden (black) ant. But what do we know about their queens? The mother of the future colony leaves its homeland and aspires to heights - the marriage period has arrived. After a beautiful, heavenly marriage ceremony, she will live life underground, and her gentleman will part with life. Finally, the young princess threw back her wings - she would never again know the sky and took the path of her destiny, she will have to create her kingdom and become the mother of her subjects. First, the womb of ants is looking for a suitable place, which will become its home and then the territory of the whole colony. The task is not simple, the district is full of predators. Despite the fact that the young princess is able to stand up for herself, she is in danger. Having found the desired place, the uterus makes the first laying and after a couple of weeks her first-born children will begin to take care of her. The queen of the garden ant is capable of laying up to 40 eggs a day throughout her life - an average of about 16 years. We draw attention to the fact that she fertilized only once. As soon as the first offspring is born, the womb shifts all the worries and rightfully becomes the mother - the queen of her kingdom. After the death of the queen, her subjects lose their raison d'etre and after three days the colony dies out. Is it sad Perhaps yes, but still our queen will have time to give birth to quite a few young princesses and cause an infinite number of events of her own kind. Despite all the drama, the life of the garden ant queen is beautiful. Be interested in the outside world and be happy!