What ant queen is this?

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Firecatto21
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What ant queen is this?

Post: # 34349Post Firecatto21
Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:11 pm

BBCode [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RACyoFy2BHNZycd1SO7XqC3D29PCH_fu/view?usp=sharing]
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Unfortunatly her abdomen has been squashed and she has lost a leg, but she is still alive and has been hibernating last wintter.
I got her in summer, after he nuptial flight.
Also, can she survive without a leg? And will her abdomen inflate again if I feed her?
Keeper of:
-Messor Barbarus x2
-Messor capitatus
-Camponotus Herculeanus
-Temnothorax
-Monomorium sp.
-Plagiolepis
-Messor barbarus unmated princess

PTasker15
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Re: What ant queen is this?

Post: # 34351Post PTasker15
Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:17 pm

Formica Fusca...And She Look Fine
Keeping ants for 6 years now.

Current Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus decipiens,Camponotus snellingi Solenopsis invicta,Nylanderia sp,Brachmyrmex patagonicus,Pheidole obscurothorax,Pheidole moerens,Pachycondyla harpax

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antnest8
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Re: What ant queen is this?

Post: # 34359Post antnest8
Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:44 pm

i've heard of queens surviving with missing legs antenna and some with gastor dents. although it will be harder for this queen and will be a challenge.
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Firecatto21
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Re: What ant queen is this?

Post: # 34362Post Firecatto21
Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:03 am

Should I jist release her in the wild?
Keeper of:
-Messor Barbarus x2
-Messor capitatus
-Camponotus Herculeanus
-Temnothorax
-Monomorium sp.
-Plagiolepis
-Messor barbarus unmated princess

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antnest8
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Re: What ant queen is this?

Post: # 34363Post antnest8
Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:25 am

in that condition i would Think she has a better chance with you
Some of My Informative Sheets
https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=19099
Includes :
  • Ant Care Sheets
    Queen Hunting
    How To Identify Ants
Goal is to become #2 poster on the forum

Firecatto21
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Re: What ant queen is this?

Post: # 34366Post Firecatto21
Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:34 am

Ok
Keeper of:
-Messor Barbarus x2
-Messor capitatus
-Camponotus Herculeanus
-Temnothorax
-Monomorium sp.
-Plagiolepis
-Messor barbarus unmated princess

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