My pheromones bring all the boys to the yard
And they're like, it smells really good
Damn right, it smells really good
He can eat you but we''ll take your carcass
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If you were hoping to see a bunch of sex crazed ants mating with a near dead queen whose head is being consumed by a spider… then you are in luck because that's exactly what's on the menu!
"Mating in insects is facilitated by simple cues and signals. In many insects, including ants, the stimuli that induce males to attempt mating with a female are largely chemical," ant researcher Walter Tschinkel, of Florida State University, told LiveScience in an email. "Technically, this queen is not yet fully dead, and the chemical signals she emanates are undoubtedly still strong."
The video shows how strong the insect's mating behaviors are — These chemical cues are so strong the male ants are in a frenzy to mate with her, unfazed by her death and even the near presence of the crab spider predator.
http://www.livescience.com/19246-ants-mating-dead-queen-video.html