Gamergate (ant)
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A gamergate is a mated worker ant that can reproduce sexually, i.e., lay fertilized eggs that will develop as females. In the vast majority of ant species, workers are sterile and gamergates are restr
Lateral view of an Ophthalmopone berthoudi worker, the ant for which the term gamergate was originally coined
Dorsal view of a nonreproductive female Diacamma australe worker, lacking anterior thoracic gemmae (buds)
Ant
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Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More
Gamergate (ant)
…A gamergate ( GAM-ər-gayt) is a mated worker ant that can reproduce sexually, i.e., lay fertilized eggs that will develop as females. In the vast majority of ant species, workers are sterile and…
Fire ants 01
Bright red ant, likely part of the Formica pallidefulva species group, on a flower
Ants fossilised in Baltic amber
Bull ant showing the powerful mandibles and the relatively large compound eyes that provide excellent vision