Can Lasius Claviger queens be polygamous?
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Can Lasius Claviger queens be polygamous?
I have some more of these queens now and wondering if I could try a double queen introduction attempt to a Lasius neoniger colony.
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Also I found a Lasius Claviger nest under my deck. I scooped up a handful of the workers. Any benifit of trying to give these workers to Claviger queen? Or no it won't work because they don't parisite their own kind?
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I suggest not, different nests even of the same species have different pheromones you'd end up starting a war and they won't join, I've heard there are ways to have a two colonies merge by having a screen partition and letting the pheromones mingle but my guess is it can be quite distressing for all ants involved.
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Maybe. The acanthomyops subgenus is extremely understudied in terms of the founding process. Also make sure you didn't find a Lasius umbratus or flavus group lasius nest. I know from experience that the queens don't like each other once they have a "colony"JoeHostile wrote:Also I found a Lasius Claviger nest under my deck. I scooped up a handful of the workers. Any benifit of trying to give these workers to Claviger queen? Or no it won't work because they don't parisite their own kind?
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Maybe. The acanthomyops subgenus is extremely understudied in terms of the founding process. Also make sure you didn't find a Lasius umbratus or flavus group lasius nest. I know from experience that the queens don't like each other once they have a "colony"JoeHostile wrote:Also I found a Lasius Claviger nest under my deck. I scooped up a handful of the workers. Any benifit of trying to give these workers to Claviger queen? Or no it won't work because they don't parisite their own kind?
Also, it's polygynous. polygamous or polydomous means they have satellite nests
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Of course, giving them to me is still an option but I don't recommend it
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