My 2 pheidole parva queens died

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TheTVMan
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My 2 pheidole parva queens died

Post: # 97716Post TheTVMan
Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:51 pm

I caught two pheidole parva queens and i put them both in a test tube set up. I heard that they were polygenous. Recently checked on them, and i saw that both of them died, leaving a bunch of brood behind. Dont know what happened :cry:
Queens:
• 2 Nylanderia sp. queens
• 1 Pheidole parva queens
• 1 Crematogaster crassicornis??? queen
. 1 Crematogaster sp. queen

Colonies:
• Solenopsis geminata :twisted:

Dead colonies:
• 2 pheidole parva experiment :cry:

SYUTEO
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Re: My 2 pheidole parva queens died

Post: # 97717Post SYUTEO
Mon Dec 19, 2022 2:56 am

I recently learned that Pheidole parva is not fully polygynous and they can sometimes fight each other and sometimes accept each other.

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