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Confidence votes 184. Ants can carry items 10 - 50 times their own body weight. Ants are small but they are very strong for their size. if you were that strong you could lift an automobile. the ants carry or drag heavy loads for food back to their nests. The food may be parts of plants or bits of dead animals.
By far the most common flying ants seen at the moment is the black garden ant, Lasius niger. The ants we see throughout the year are workers (sterile females), but flying ants are males and new queens undergoing their nuptial flight. Queens can live for around 10-15 years and only mate once.