My Queen killed a major
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My Queen killed a major
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.
"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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Re: My Queen killed a major
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
Keeper of Camponotus:
C. pennsylvanicus, C. subbarbatus, C. nearcticus
C. pennsylvanicus, C. subbarbatus, C. nearcticus
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Re: My Queen killed a major
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.
"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
Re: My Queen killed a major
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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