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by Megaraptor12345
Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:48 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Formica lugubris
Replies: 4
Views: 2916

Re: Formica lugubris

Having a solid identification may be important, but all rufa, sanguinea, microgyna, and exsectioides-group Formica are social parasites that require a small number of Formica worker pupae to start a colony. OK, is F. lugubris a social parasite? I've heard it isn't. They alternatively use colony bud...
by Megaraptor12345
Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:06 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Formica lugubris
Replies: 4
Views: 2916

Re: Formica lugubris

Batspiderfish wrote:
Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:26 am
Having a solid identification may be important, but all rufa, sanguinea, microgyna, and exsectioides-group Formica are social parasites that require a small number of Formica worker pupae to start a colony.
OK, is F. lugubris a social parasite? I've heard it isn't.
by Megaraptor12345
Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:18 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Formica lugubris
Replies: 4
Views: 2916

Formica lugubris

Hey, so I'm new to ant keeping but I just caught a F. lugubris queen after the recent nuptials. She has no wings so I'm pretty sure she's fertilized. I wasn't sure whether she was claustral or not, so I left a test tube covered with black paper in her outworld and also a smaller water tube, a bit of...