The world of insects is full of mysteries unknown to us, such as their inheritance passwords and methods of inheritance from generation to generation. They are all areas we don't understand. Let's take a look today!
According to the “Mirror” report on July 12, a large number of flying ants were spotted across the UK that day. Many children were scared and screamed and ran away. Related insect researchers pointed out that everyone should not be shocked. The phenomenon is not a "vision", it's just that insects are busy breeding the next generation.
It is reported that millions of flying ants fly into the sky every year to find new hot and humid land as their own "colonial territory". Because the weather in the UK is always hot, so flying ants The gathering was also expected. Many people have posted information on social media about the insects that gather in large numbers in their gardens. "Liverpool Echo" Echo reported that a woman from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire said that the "sudden appearance" of these flying ants was particularly scary, while her children "started screaming and fleeing as soon as they saw them." Another woman in the same area said that she and her family were scared into "hiding".
However, insect scientists call this large number of flying ants gathering behavior as "marriage flying", and the unconceived queen must mate with male termites before starting to establish a new colony. Marriage is the first time male ants leave their colony and try to mate with other colonies. The Biological Association believes that marriage flying is an important stage in the reproduction process of ants. During the marriage flight, the unconceived queen mates with the male flying ants, then land and establish a new colony. At the same time, as the kingdom of flying ants, although there is only one queen in a nest, it can hold 5000-15000 male ants as the queen's "servants".
In the process of mating between male and female ants, many male ants may gather around the female ants to propose a "marriage", which causes the ants that people see to fly by or land The process, although this phenomenon looks terrifying, and even intensive phobia is committed, but this is indeed a very important stage for ants! So learn to understand them, after all, passing on from generation to generation always requires some special effort, right?
Title of this article: 八一
Editor of this article: shallowyy
Original source: mirror
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