Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Lifespan of an Ant

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, and survive only a few weeks. Ant queens are estimated to live 100 times longer than solitary insects of a similar size.

More on wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants

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