@natgeo
National GeographicYou might have heard that ant colonies follow a queen—but did you know these queens can be dethroned? A new study has documented the queen of one ant species dethroning the queen of another. The usurper carried out this unusual and dramatic form of matricide by tricking the worker ants into killing their own mother queen, then taking over as the new ruler of the colony. Learn more about invading ant queens at the 🔗 in bio.
On the profile · Nov 20, 2025