I'm curious,
Let's say you capture a lovely little lady, you're 99.9% sure she's a queen, but you're having trouble identifying her. Maybe you narrow it down to 2 or 3 possibilities so you post to the forum and get... 3 or 4 more possibilities.
Is there a de facto treatment? Claustral vs. Semi-Claustral? etc.
Treatment of unidentified species?
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Re: Treatment of unidentified species?
A correct identity is important, because it's not always clear whether a queen can raise her first workers in isolation just by looking at them. Typically a "fully" claustral species will have queens with large gasters.
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Re: Treatment of unidentified species?
if the queen has a small gaster i would feed her immediately.
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