▁gall eries ▁of ▁the ▁term ites , ▁the ▁min ors ▁r ush ▁into ▁the ▁gall eries ▁to ▁kill ▁the ▁term ites ▁through ▁the ▁created ▁open ings . ▁After ▁a ▁for aging ▁site ▁has ▁been ▁explo ited , ▁the ▁an ts ▁con greg ate ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁place ▁they ▁waited ▁earlier , ▁with ▁the ▁maj ors ▁carrying ▁the ▁term ites , ▁and ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁nest ▁in ▁a ▁column - like ▁formation . ▁These ▁ra ids ▁are ▁always ▁a ▁single ▁event ▁and ▁an ts ▁do ▁not ▁return ▁independently ▁to ▁re - exp lo it ▁a ▁former ▁ra iding ▁site , ▁although ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁the ▁sc out ▁ant ▁remember ing ▁a ▁site ▁and ▁re inv estig ating ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁future ▁for ▁a ▁possible ▁second ▁ra id ▁cannot ▁be ▁ex cluded . ▁ ▁Col ony ▁size ▁and ▁reprodu ction ▁ ▁Col ony ▁size ▁var ies , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁location ▁and ▁age ▁of ▁the ▁col ony , ▁from ▁ 4 4 0 ▁to ▁ 2 3 0 0 ▁adult ▁an ts . ▁Little ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁the ▁reprodu ction ▁of ▁M . ▁anal is . ▁The ▁al ate ▁males ▁of ▁M . ▁anal is ▁are ▁often ▁observed ▁leaving ▁and ▁entering ▁the ▁n ests ▁of ▁established ▁colon ies ▁by ▁using ▁ph er om one ▁tra ils ▁from ▁previous ▁ra ids ▁as ▁gu ides ▁to ▁the ▁nest . ▁Since ▁M . ▁anal is ▁colon ies ▁are ▁oblig ate ▁term ite ▁hun ters , ▁a ▁queen ▁could ▁not ▁establish ▁a ▁nest ▁on ▁her ▁own , ▁since ▁she