Ants live in organized colonies. The ant family contains more than 4,500 species that can be found in different cold and warm places areas around the world. Most ants in a colony are wingless female workers. The winged female becomes the queen and may find her own nest after the mating season. The queen lays eggs that develop into white larvae, then pupae and after that adults. Queens starting on their own do not have a lot of food to begin with. When times are hard the young queen may eat the eggs to stay alive. But as soon as the first workers appear she is out of trouble. The first adults immediately start foraging or hunting for food. Then the queen has only one job left to do: laying eggs.