What are the leading causes of death among queen ants?

This is quite an interesting question and an answer must be diversified. Let's look at the typical "career path" of a young ant queen and see where death might take her out. The start: As all living things, our queen ant is born. read more

While the range may vary from birds to geckos and lizards depending on the climate and region, mostly the number one predator of young queen ants troughout the world are other ants. Queen ants make a perfect, high proteine prey. read more

In response, the ants make short work of dead queen carcasses. If the queens have enough worker ants, some of them remove the body from the nest, taking them to an external graveyard. Some ants have garbage dumps right in their own colony, where they take trash like dead bodies. read more

The largest ant mill ever discovered was a staggering 1,200 feet in diameter, with each ant completing a circuit in two and a half hours. When they’re not marching around in circles, army ants are one of the most efficient killing machines in the animal world. read more