but observations seem to imply that queens may be fertilized by multiple males. Due to the queen's large reproductive potential, a colony of army ants can be descended from a single queen.

When the queen ant dies, there is no replacement and army ants cannot rear emergency queens. Most of the time, if the queen dies, the colony will likely die too. Queen loss can occur due to accidents during emigrations, predator attack, old age or illness. However, there are possibilities to avoid colony death. When a colony loses its queen, the worker