Ant colony Ant colony An ant colony is the basic unit around which ants organize their lifecycle. Ant colonies are eusocial, and are very much like those found in other social Hymenoptera, though the various groups of these developed sociality independently through convergent evolution. The typical colony consists of one or more egg-laying queens, a large number of sterile females (workers, soldiers) and, seasonally, a large number of winged sexual males and females. In order to establish new colonies, ants undertake nuptial flights that occur at species-characteristic times of the day. Swarms of the winged sexuals (known as alates) depart the nest
Correct name orthographical variants. The zoological equivalent of "correct name" is "valid name". Different taxonomic placements may well lead to different correct names. For example, the earliest name for the fastest growing tree in the world is "Adenanthera falcataria" L. The "L." stands for "Linnaeus" who first validly published the name. "Adenanthera falcataria" is thus one of the correct names for this plant. There are other correct names, based on different taxonomic treatments. The four names "Adenanthera falcataria", "Albizia falcataria", "Paraserianthes falcataria" and "Falcataria moluccana" are each correct, given that the plant is placed in these four genera. Which is the 'right'