can you house multiple ant queens in one container?

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OGGKING1
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can you house multiple ant queens in one container?

Post: # 97542Post OGGKING1
Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:51 am

hi everyone I recently caught a bunch of iridomyrmex sp queens and I was wondering if I could temporarily house them in one container all together, just until I am ready to sell them.

would this be ok?
ant colonies owned

myrmecia pilosula
monomorium sp
iridomyrmex bicknelli
Nylanderia sp
Myrmecia simillima
Pheidole sp
Melophorus sp x3(for sale)
Myrmecia fulvipes (for sale)

SYUTEO
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Re: can you house multiple ant queens in one container?

Post: # 97547Post SYUTEO
Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:53 pm

Do you know what species of Iridomyrmex you have? Some Iridomyrmex species like I. purpureus and I. anceps are polygynous but different species will still attack each other.

OGGKING1
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Re: can you house multiple ant queens in one container?

Post: # 97927Post OGGKING1
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:00 am

I think I misidentified them because I realised they were Argentine ants (an invasive ant here in Australia) so I had to euthanise them.
ant colonies owned

myrmecia pilosula
monomorium sp
iridomyrmex bicknelli
Nylanderia sp
Myrmecia simillima
Pheidole sp
Melophorus sp x3(for sale)
Myrmecia fulvipes (for sale)

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