Help with Camponotus
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Help with Camponotus
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?
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Re: Help with Camponotus
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.
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Re: Help with Camponotus
I am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first
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Re: Help with Camponotus
1. Do they have a queen?SolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:02 pmI am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first
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...
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Re: Help with Camponotus
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?AntsAntsAnts wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:04 am1. Do they have a queen?SolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:02 pmI am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first
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...
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Re: Help with Camponotus
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 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:20 amYes 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?AntsAntsAnts wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:04 am1. Do they have a queen?SolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 9:02 pm
I am considering just waiting and seeing what happens first
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...
Join the new Camponotus Crew: https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=21893&p=93742#p93742
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Re: Help with Camponotus
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.SYUTEO wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:19 amIt 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 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:20 amYes 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?AntsAntsAnts wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:04 am
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...
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Re: Help with Camponotus
most likely. But beware of mites and parasites with the outside workersSolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:32 pmYea 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.SYUTEO wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:19 amIt 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 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:20 am
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?
keeping:
all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
all my queens died
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Re: Help with Camponotus
I will quarantine.AntsAntsAnts wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:24 ammost likely. But beware of mites and parasites with the outside workersSolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:32 pmYea 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.SYUTEO wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 8:19 am
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.
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Re: Help with Camponotus
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.SolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:22 amI will quarantine.AntsAntsAnts wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:24 ammost likely. But beware of mites and parasites with the outside workersSolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 2:32 pm
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.
keeping:
all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
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