Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen
- Title:
- Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: the life of a fire ant queen
- Speaker:
- Walter R. Tschinkel
- Description:
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In the spring, just after a heavy rainfall, male and female fire ants swarm the skies for a day of romance, known as the nuptial flight. Thousands of reproduction-capable ants take part in a mating frenzy, and for one successfully mated female, her work is only beginning. Walter R. Tschinkel details how the new queen builds a colony and protects it from neighboring ant armies. [Directed by Lisa Vertudaches, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Phil Brookes].
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TED-Ed
- Duration:
- 04:59