How can I make Camponotus/Formica hybrid colony?

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How can I make Camponotus/Formica hybrid colony?

Post: # 38881Post qxodud
Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:59 pm

I saw camponotus queen with formica workers in case. How to make this? I couldn't attach that photo in this post. What should I have to do to upload this photo?

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Re: How can I make Camponotus/Formica hybrid colony?

Post: # 38889Post idahoantgirl
Mon Jun 25, 2018 9:02 pm

You can't mix species or colonies in most cases.
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.

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Re: How can I make Camponotus/Formica hybrid colony?

Post: # 38908Post AntsLuxembourg
Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:53 am

Unless you've got a slavemaking antcolony. They take a couple from every type of colony if they could. ;D
Doing some proper research is the best way to start an antcolony.

Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566

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Re: How can I make Camponotus/Formica hybrid colony?

Post: # 38919Post Batspiderfish
Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:34 am

Any inter-genus mixing of colonies is a fluke. Raiding ants specialize in predating on the brood of other species and some of these brood will mature in the colony, but only those of the same genus will survive or contribute. Those "Camponotus" workers lucky enough to actually eclose will eventually be killed.

The same goes for Formica workers that eclose in a Camponotus nest, if those are even what you were looking at.
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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