Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
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Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
I Just Caught A Ponera pennsylvanica Queen And I Am Wandering A Few Things;
Is She Semi-Claustral?She Stung Me When I Found Her(She Has Wing Scars,And A Few Eggs)
Do I Hibernate Her Since Its Late November And I Just Caught Her?
Also,About How Long From Egg To Worker?
All Help Appreciated!
Is She Semi-Claustral?She Stung Me When I Found Her(She Has Wing Scars,And A Few Eggs)
Do I Hibernate Her Since Its Late November And I Just Caught Her?
Also,About How Long From Egg To Worker?
All Help Appreciated!
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
Current Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus decipiens,Camponotus snellingi Solenopsis invicta,Nylanderia sp,Brachmyrmex patagonicus,Pheidole obscurothorax,Pheidole moerens,Pachycondyla harpax
Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
they look semi-claustral, and i think keep her awake until she has a worker, ether wise all her work she has done will be lost.
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)
Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)
Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)
- idahoantgirl
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Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
I disagree. I would recommend following what this ant would be doing in the wild, which is hibernating. Place her in a cool place (unheated garage, crawlspace, attic, shed) And let her do what she is supposed to do. you can provide her with food in case she decides she wants some.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
Does A Box Closed In A Cold Closet Work(Temp-About 51°F)idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:51 pmI disagree. I would recommend following what this ant would be doing in the wild, which is hibernating. Place her in a cool place (unheated garage, crawlspace, attic, shed) And let her do what she is supposed to do. you can provide her with food in case she decides she wants some.
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
Current Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus decipiens,Camponotus snellingi Solenopsis invicta,Nylanderia sp,Brachmyrmex patagonicus,Pheidole obscurothorax,Pheidole moerens,Pachycondyla harpax
- idahoantgirl
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Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
Yeah that could work if that is your best option. A cooler is preferred, but that should be alrightPTasker15 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:47 amDoes A Box Closed In A Cold Closet Work(Temp-About 51°F)idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:51 pmI disagree. I would recommend following what this ant would be doing in the wild, which is hibernating. Place her in a cool place (unheated garage, crawlspace, attic, shed) And let her do what she is supposed to do. you can provide her with food in case she decides she wants some.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
Do not, I repeat do NOT hibernate P. Pennsylvanica the queen will lay during the summer and winter. Also she is semi-claustral and needs fed.
- idahoantgirl
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Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
Do you have a source for this? Are you just saying that you can keep the queen from hibernation and she will lay eggs in an unnatural time of year, or are you saying that this species in Texas does not hibernate? It makes sense to me to always have them at a temperature close to what they would be living in as a local wild ant colony.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
- idahoantgirl
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Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:56 pmYeah that could work if that is your best option. A cooler is preferred, but that should be alrightPTasker15 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:47 amDoes A Box Closed In A Cold Closet Work(Temp-About 51°F)idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:51 pmI disagree. I would recommend following what this ant would be doing in the wild, which is hibernating. Place her in a cool place (unheated garage, crawlspace, attic, shed) And let her do what she is supposed to do. you can provide her with food in case she decides she wants some.
woops I mean cooler not a cooler.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
Err..idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:17 amidahoantgirl wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:56 pmYeah that could work if that is your best option. A cooler is preferred, but that should be alright
woops I mean cooler not a cooler.
None Of My Ants Hibernated In That Box.....Ummm....Thanks Global Warming....What Do I Do With Her?
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
Current Species: Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus decipiens,Camponotus snellingi Solenopsis invicta,Nylanderia sp,Brachmyrmex patagonicus,Pheidole obscurothorax,Pheidole moerens,Pachycondyla harpax
- Batspiderfish
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Re: Help With Ponera pennsylvanica Queen
Are you sure she is not Hypoponera sp., which is more common in the southern US? You would have to look for a small tooth under the petiole to tell them apart.
Hibernation isn't something you can see; it is just the ants at a cold temperature and lower metabolism.
Hibernation isn't something you can see; it is just the ants at a cold temperature and lower metabolism.
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.
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