Larger colonies consist mostly of sterile, wingless females forming castes of workers, soldiers, or other specialised groups. Nearly all ant colonies also have some fertile males called drones and one or more fertile females called  queens .The colonies are described as superorganisms because the ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony.ome arthropod species spend part of their lives within ant nests, either preying on ants, their larvae, and eggs, consuming the food stores of the ants, or avoiding predators. These inquilines may bear a close resemblance to ants.
1 Vaporization: the substance changes from a liquid to a gas. 2  Sublimation: the substance changes directly from a solid to a gas without going through the liquid phase. 3  Deposition: the substance changes directly from a gas to a solid without going through the liquid phase.
A gas is any matter that does not have a fixed shape or volume. Gases take the shape of their container and can expand or contract to change their volume. Plasma is matter that exists in the form of high energy charged particles. A phase change is a transition of matter from one state to another. Phase changes occur regularly in nature and can be conducted by people. The phase in which matter exists is determined by the pressure and temperature of its surroundings.