Straight up Murder.

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lildude52ca
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Straight up Murder.

Post: # 50244Post lildude52ca
Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:28 am

So one of my last years colony of about 100 or so just straight up murdered their queen.. stress right?

Wardword
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Re: Straight up Murder.

Post: # 50421Post Wardword
Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:28 pm

lildude52ca wrote:
Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:28 am
So one of my last years colony of about 100 or so just straight up murdered their queen.. stress right?
Or your nest was infiltrated by a parasitic queen.

AntsDakota
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Re: Straight up Murder.

Post: # 51297Post AntsDakota
Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:52 pm

lildude52ca wrote:
Fri Sep 14, 2018 12:28 am
So one of my last years colony of about 100 or so just straight up murdered their queen.. stress right?
What species is it? If it is from the genera Lasius, Formica, or Aphaenogaster, then it is more likely to be a social parasite. In Lasius, the parasite workers are orange/yellow. In Formica, they are black and red or orange. In Aphaenogaster, it's hard to tell.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25

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