Bornean queenless ant
The Bornean queenless ant lives in a family with no queen at all. Instead, one strong worker becomes the boss and lays all the eggs. It is found in many countries in Southeast Asia.
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Fun facts
It is one of the only ants in the world with no queen at all.
Every worker is born able to lay eggs, but only the boss ant, called a gamergate, really does it.
The other workers stay loyal to the boss, so there is very little fighting in the nest.
A new boss only takes over when the old one dies of old age.
Scientists know 20 slightly different kinds of it, living in different countries.
Most asked questions about Bornean queenless ant
?Does the Bornean queenless ant have a queen?
No. One worker becomes the boss and lays all the eggs for the family.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Diacamma rugosum
- Named by
- Le Guillou, 1842
- Group
- Ants
- Family
- Formicidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Formicidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Asian bullet ant
Where the facts come from
- Diacamma rugosum (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by CharlesLam. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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