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How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:47 pm
by AntsAntsAnts
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?
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:54 pm
by SYUTEO
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.
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:07 pm
by AntsAntsAnts
She is a sugar ant queen.
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:22 pm
by SYUTEO
Then she has a chance that she's infertile.
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2021 4:38 am
by AntsAntsAnts
hmm, but I am suspecting that the queen is eating her eggs as her egg count keeps decreasing...
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 6:39 am
by AntsAntsAnts
NVM, she ate ALL her eggs.
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:01 am
by antnest8
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.
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:24 am
by AntsAntsAnts
true...
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:15 am
by AntsAntsAnts
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.
Re: How scattered do the brood have to be for a high chance of the queen being infertile?
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:06 pm
by antnest8
It's rough having only one nanitic, but possible