Talk:Nuptial flight

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[edit] Today in Portland, Oregon

may 8, 2007

witessed a colony's nuptial flight today...

very cool

[edit] Fertilized eggs

There is a contradiction between this article and the Queen ant article. In the Queen ant article it is stated that "at the time of egg-laying, the queen may choose to fertilize eggs at will by using the sperm cells retained from the nuptial flight, thereby producing male ants instead of female ants." However, this article states that "Unfertilized eggs will develop into males. Fertilized eggs usually develop into wingless, sterile workers..." If I'm not mistaken all worker ants are females and males are produced specifically for the purpose of mating. So I'm not sure whether unfertilized eggs produce males or females, but I think this contradiction needs to be cleared up. Rajrajmarley 01:22, 1 August 2007 (UTC)