Brachymyrmex depilis

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Brachymyrmex depilis

Post: # 28971Post AntzL0ver
Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:35 am

Has anyone successfully raised a colony of these ants? I recently caught a great deal of queens and was wondering if they needed any care before their first worker. As well as possible colony size estimates. Any other info welcome thankyou :)

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Re: Brachymyrmex depilis

Post: # 29199Post AntsRule
Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:28 pm

I raised a colony in a test tube to about 35 workers. They unfortunately died while moving into a formicarium for some unknown reason. :( They are polygyouns which mean they can have multiple queens. I recommend putting one test tube with 3 queens and the rest with one queen. They can only be joined before workers. Good luck! :D
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