@richph Said
Who'd have thought a flying ant!! That makes me wonder why everything can't fly, everything can swim. But I agree, Sugarfly, I hate them too, but then I hate all insects and spiders, especially!
That's what I don't understand, Whisper, if nature develops animals so that it's survival of the fittest, surely the end result would be animals that can't be eaten by any other animal?
That's what worries me, El Tino, if there is a biological switch to curtail survival instinct, what about us? Will Nature say we are too many, and how many is too many?
That makes sense, d***ie, I suppose there may be an infinite number of ways to survive!
All ants will fly during their alar stage,ie reproductive season!
Flying male ants will mate with flying females (in the air) the males die after mating, the females go on to found new colonies,or will kill an old Queen and take over her colony!