Queen Ants: Can Live Up To 30 Years

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According to a published paper (April 17, 1998)  by Ramazan Cetintas about identifying  the insect species with the longest adult life, Black garden ant or The Lasius niger (Europe and in some parts of North America and Asia), has the longest recorded adult life of any insect: 28¾ years in captivity 


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Ramazan Cetintas
Department of Entomology & Nematology
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL  32611-0620
April 17, 1998

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