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by Rocko3016
Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:46 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: A camponotus Queen found me!
Replies: 2
Views: 2340

Re: A camponotus Queen found me!

One last thing about queens with wings from AntsCanada. I caught a queen and she hasn’t broken off her wings. Does that mean she hasn’t had a chance to mate and isn’t fertilized? No, that’s a common misconception. If queen ants don’t break their wings off it does not mean they haven’t mated with a m...
by Rocko3016
Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:24 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: A camponotus Queen found me!
Replies: 2
Views: 2340

Re: A camponotus Queen found me!

It is possible she has landed without being fertilized. A little snippet from AntCanada's video about what to do when you find a Queen, "So if the queen ant you catch gives birth, To an egg which becomes a pupa with girth, And out comes a male alate as her very first, Then it's impossible to make an...
by Rocko3016
Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:31 pm
Forum: The Ant Graveyard
Topic: My queens :(
Replies: 1
Views: 2136

Re: My queens :(

I give my condolences, may they Rest In Peace :(