How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

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How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

Post: # 83994Post AntsAntsAnts
Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:47 pm

I have a queen ant and her eggs are slightly scattered (maybe a few millimetres apart) but my lasius queen has them stacked. I am not sure if the distance is enough to be seen as being infertilism. How far apart do they have to be?
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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

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Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:54 pm

As long as the eggs are not stuck together, she could be infertile but it isn't always as some species will still scatter their brood even though the are fertile.

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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

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Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:07 pm

She is a sugar ant queen.
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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

Post: # 84374Post SYUTEO
Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:22 pm

Then she has a chance that she's infertile.

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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

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Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:38 am

hmm, but I am suspecting that the queen is eating her eggs as her egg count keeps decreasing...
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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

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Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:39 am

NVM, she ate ALL her eggs.
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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

Post: # 84462Post antnest8
Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:01 am

Don't worry about the queen, as checking often only causes stress. Yes, scattered eggs are a sign of a virgin queen, but the only way to know for sure is if they develop into alates.
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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

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Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:24 am

true...
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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

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Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:15 am

colony update (technically queen update): I think she wants to have one worker first before having more because she has only let one large larvae survive and its the only one she has right now... Interesting, some queens are very different.
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Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?

Post: # 84507Post antnest8
Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:06 pm

It's rough having only one nanitic, but possible
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