I caught three queens a week ago and would like help figuring out the species. I am pretty sure they are solenopsis. It has been one week and Queen A and Queen C both have more than 20 eggs. Queen B has about four eggs and doesn't mess with them much. Queen A and B are both 9mm and Queen C is 8. They were all caught in Conway Arkansas.
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Help ID 3 Queens
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Batspiderfish
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Re: Help ID 3 Queens
Solenopsis invicta
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emeraldbaker314
Re: Help ID 3 Queens
That's what I thought. Thank you!
Should I let them go? Is that okay knowing that they are queens?
Should I let them go? Is that okay knowing that they are queens?
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Re: Help ID 3 Queens
If you let them go, then you are just putting an invasive species back into the wild, so it would be fine to raise a colony of them.emeraldbaker314 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:51 pmThat's what I thought. Thank you!
Should I let them go? Is that okay knowing that they are queens?
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Re: Help ID 3 Queens
If you aren't looking to keep them, freeze them. Arkansas is better off with three less RIFA queens.
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