She is an insect.
She is holometabolous.
She is in the family Formicidae.
She is related to sawflies, bees, and wasps. Together, they make up the order Hymenoptera.
She, along with bees, evolved from a wasp ancestor, and wasps evolved from a sawfly ancestor.
She lived 100 million years ago.
She is eusocial, she lives in colonies
She is the beginning and the end.
She can start colonies in various ways.
She can be just one, with wings, and like a seed, disperse from her original nest to start her own.
She can be multiple or she can be none. Thousands of queens per nest, or only workers capable of reproduction.
She lays eggs that become workers, new queens and males.
She can have a nest with a hundred thousand individuals or a few dozen.
She consumes only liquid.
She collects food from various sources.
She can scavenge or be incredibly specialized.
She can even consume the blood of her own.
She inhabits a wide variety of habitats.
She is worldwide.
She thrives on every continent except antartica.
She is an ant!