Help with Camponotus

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Hello, as you can read in the title, I need help with Camponotus plantas. I caught them in a twig, and they had two workers. One worker just died, and now only one worker with a cocoon. Can I give them brood from a similar spieces like C. Floridanus?

[SYUTEO]

You can try a few at first and see what happens, anything can go wrong and you'll never know what will. It's like a 50/50 chance.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

You can try a few at first and see what happens, anything can go wrong and you'll never know what will. It's like a 50/50 chance.

I am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first

[AntsAntsAnts]

You can try a few at first and see what happens, anything can go wrong and you'll never know what will. It's like a 50/50 chance.

I am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first

1. Do they have a queen?

2. Did you research?
You should one part first, best to be a pupae. Then just wait and see if it is accepted. It probably will, in my experience, as it will eventually take on the colony scent...

[SolenopsisKeeper]

You can try a few at first and see what happens, anything can go wrong and you'll never know what will. It's like a 50/50 chance.

I am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first

1. Do they have a queen?

2. Did you research?
You should one part first, best to be a pupae. Then just wait and see if it is accepted. It probably will, in my experience, as it will eventually take on the colony scent...

Yes they have a queen and one worker. They have been reported to be polygynos Camponotus species according to ant wiki. I did research, asked around, and what some said it was risky… they are apparently closely related with C. Floridanus(Flordia carpenter ants) and tortoganus(Flordia carpenter ants). Becuase they are polygynos, will they accept workers from other nests?

[SYUTEO]

I am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first

1. Do they have a queen?

2. Did you research?
You should one part first, best to be a pupae. Then just wait and see if it is accepted. It probably will, in my experience, as it will eventually take on the colony scent...

Yes they have a queen and one worker. They have been reported to be polygynos Camponotus species according to ant wiki. I did research, asked around, and what some said it was risky… they are apparently closely related with C. Floridanus(Flordia carpenter ants) and tortoganus(Flordia carpenter ants). Becuase they are polygynos, will they accept workers from other nests?

It is possible that they will accept them and some people use this method to create multi-species colonies and sometimes they went as far as introducing pupae and even queens from different genera and subfamilies but according to this thread introducing queens is extremely risky and is currently experimental (even though it's from last year): https://www.formiculture.com/topic/15143-the-experimental-process-of-creating-multispecies-ant-colonies/#:~:text=We%20define%20a%20multispecies%20colony,can%20be%20functional%20long%2Dterm.. So only try introducing pupae, DO NOT introduce queens just yet.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

1. Do they have a queen?

2. Did you research?
You should one part first, best to be a pupae. Then just wait and see if it is accepted. It probably will, in my experience, as it will eventually take on the colony scent...

Yes they have a queen and one worker. They have been reported to be polygynos Camponotus species according to ant wiki. I did research, asked around, and what some said it was risky… they are apparently closely related with C. Floridanus(Flordia carpenter ants) and tortoganus(Flordia carpenter ants). Becuase they are polygynos, will they accept workers from other nests?

It is possible that they will accept them and some people use this method to create multi-species colonies and sometimes they went as far as introducing pupae and even queens from different genera and subfamilies but according to this thread introducing queens is extremely risky and is currently experimental (even though it's from last year): https://www.formiculture.com/topic/15143-the-experimental-process-of-creating-multispecies-ant-colonies/#:~:text=We%20define%20a%20multispecies%20colony,can%20be%20functional%20long%2Dterm.. So only try introducing pupae, DO NOT introduce queens just yet.

Yea not doing queens. I would not want to risk beautiful Camponotus queens. Also, could I introduce workers from the same spieces Becuase they are polygynos.

[AntsAntsAnts]

Yes they have a queen and one worker. They have been reported to be polygynos Camponotus species according to ant wiki. I did research, asked around, and what some said it was risky… they are apparently closely related with C. Floridanus(Flordia carpenter ants) and tortoganus(Flordia carpenter ants). Becuase they are polygynos, will they accept workers from other nests?

It is possible that they will accept them and some people use this method to create multi-species colonies and sometimes they went as far as introducing pupae and even queens from different genera and subfamilies but according to this thread introducing queens is extremely risky and is currently experimental (even though it's from last year): https://www.formiculture.com/topic/15143-the-experimental-process-of-creating-multispecies-ant-colonies/#:~:text=We%20define%20a%20multispecies%20colony,can%20be%20functional%20long%2Dterm.. So only try introducing pupae, DO NOT introduce queens just yet.

Yea not doing queens. I would not want to risk beautiful Camponotus queens. Also, could I introduce workers from the same spieces Becuase they are polygynos.

most likely. But beware of mites and parasites with the outside workers

[SolenopsisKeeper]

It is possible that they will accept them and some people use this method to create multi-species colonies and sometimes they went as far as introducing pupae and even queens from different genera and subfamilies but according to this thread introducing queens is extremely risky and is currently experimental (even though it's from last year): https://www.formiculture.com/topic/15143-the-experimental-process-of-creating-multispecies-ant-colonies/#:~:text=We%20define%20a%20multispecies%20colony,can%20be%20functional%20long%2Dterm.. So only try introducing pupae, DO NOT introduce queens just yet.

Yea not doing queens. I would not want to risk beautiful Camponotus queens. Also, could I introduce workers from the same spieces Becuase they are polygynos.

most likely. But beware of mites and parasites with the outside workers

I will quarantine.

[AntsAntsAnts]

Yea not doing queens. I would not want to risk beautiful Camponotus queens. Also, could I introduce workers from the same spieces Becuase they are polygynos.

most likely. But beware of mites and parasites with the outside workers

I will quarantine.

once I quarantined and I am glad i did. The next day I found the worker dead with like 10 dead mites next to it.