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Many people want to know where they can find a queen ant. Here in Phoenix the ant nests are filled with alates (winged ants) ready to swarm in late July and August. In the day or so after a strong thundershower, called “monsoons” here, it is easy to find queens running across the ground looking for spots [...] I have an ant question! I have an ant farm with Little Black ants but not a queen. can one of the ants become a queen? Thanx Zarah, I’m afraid once an ant becomes an adult ant, it can no longer change form or shape. It can’t shed its skin or grow. Adult worker black ants can not become queens, [...] Mike wrote to the “Consult-Ant” with a number of questions about ants. I am going to try to answer each one in a separate post. For the original list of questions and links to all answers, visit here. 3) I’ve been meaning to catch an ant queen, but I’ve been curious about other methods of [...] When I am acting as the “Consult-Ant” and answering questions about ant farms, people are generally interested in finding out more about ant queens. When an ant colony is ready to branch out, the current queen lays eggs that develop into males or new queens instead of workers. Adult male ants are winged, and have small [...] |
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