My Queen killed a major

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AntsDakota
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My Queen killed a major

Post: # 47052Post AntsDakota
Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:04 pm

I tried introducing a major into my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony (she was pretty weak so she didn't pose a threat to the colony). The workers scrambled around and tried to get away, but the queen jumped on it, sprayed it with formic acid, and ripped it's head off. I had no idea a queen could be so brutal.
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Re: My Queen killed a major

Post: # 47068Post ClashOwenBash
Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:47 am

:o :shock: :o :shock:
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Re: My Queen killed a major

Post: # 47437Post CampoKing
Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:47 am

One of my Queens killed a small grasshopper herself after her nantics were too afraid of it. Mama can be fierce when she feels like it :)
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AntsDakota
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Re: My Queen killed a major

Post: # 47566Post AntsDakota
Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:31 pm

I guess I should have expected something like that when I was placing her in her test tube. She bit me, and I would have started bleeding if I wouldn't have yanked her off. :o
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Re: My Queen killed a major

Post: # 48172Post antnest8
Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:02 pm

I once place a mealworm beetle in my camponotus container and lets just say the queens tackled it and scared it away when the beetle tried to invade the test tube.
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