Each summer, there comes a moment when we suddenly notice that the ground is crawling with large winged ants. Then the air seems to be full of them and we find ourselves ducking and diving, trying not ...

Like ants, termites swarm as part of the mating process. The males die soon after, while the queens drop their wings to find ...

Parasitic ants parasitize other ants using aggression ... is initiated by young queens following their insemination in a mating flight (Figure 2). The queens try to penetrate host colonies ...

Distinguished by her large size and long lifespan—up to 15 years—the queen is a fascinating figure in the ant world. After a single mating flight, where she stores sperm for life, the queen ...