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Old 20-09-2022, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by eninn
All ants that don't have wings are definitely females. This was only known recently. But 1400 years ago the Quran addressed ants who cannot fly in the female mode:
Generally the fertile males and females (Alates) are the only forms of ants which have wings, but it depends on the species of the ants. There have been cases where the workers have wings as well. Most sightings of flying ants are the alates rather than the workers. Once the Queen (Female) establishes Her colony She bites off Her wings....