how long does an ant live for
Best Answer: Ant colonies can be long-lived. The queens can live for up to 30 years, and workers live from 1 to 3 years. Males, however, are more transitory, and survive only a few weeks.[40] Thus, ants are more K-selected than most insects. Ant queens are estimated to live 100 times longer than solitary insects of a similar size.[41] Source(s): wikipedia.org.