Thanks for the info.
From what I understand drones and princesses are created before the nuptial flight, otherwise they focus on expansion and so on.
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- Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:05 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Drone ants
- Replies: 2
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- Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:23 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Drone ants
- Replies: 2
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Drone ants
Hi guys, I'm curious about ants of the drone caste, Do these ants just sit around in the nest until the next nuptial flight ? from what I understand the queen already has **** to lay millions of eggs, and I don't believe the drones continue to mate with her, when they mature into adults do they imme...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:55 am
- Forum: New Forum Members
- Topic: Help w/ Carpenter Ant Nuptial Flights
- Replies: 11
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Re: Help w/ Carpenter Ant Nuptial Flights
Btw they say the queens like to fly a good distance away from their previous colony to reduce chances of interbreeding.
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:53 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Found a queen in rough shape, can I fix this?
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- Views: 6504
Re: Found a queen in rough shape, can I fix this?
(Edited) Darn what a sad yet beautiful story man.
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:45 am
- Forum: New Forum Members
- Topic: Hi guys
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1998
Hi guys
Hi guys, I think this is where introductions are made.. Firstly wow there's 0 other members online.. Am I allowed to ask what are some highly active ant care/knowledge related forums ? Besides for that, I've had one of those gel tanks before, didn't work since I didn't have any information on ants t...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 10:32 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Can I tell what caste a Pupae will be ?
- Replies: 2
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Can I tell what caste a Pupae will be ?
Hi guys, I've been reading about ants lately, and from what I can see you cannot tell what a larva will become, a queen, worker or drone.. from there the larva turns into a pupae through metamorphosis. And that is starts becoming distinguishable. But I haven't seen this for myself and googling that ...