Oregon Queen, Very Fast
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- SamuelMamuel
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Oregon Queen, Very Fast
This queen was found on August 6th, 2018. I found her as I was leaving work that day and luckily I had a test tube as always. She was incredibly fast and super hard to catch. She is around .5 inches or so with a super big gaster that seemed to have a silvery shine to it froma certain angle, as you can see in one of the pictures.
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
- idahoantgirl
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Re: Oregon Queen, Very Fast
Formica spp
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
- SamuelMamuel
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Re: Oregon Queen, Very Fast
Is it a social parasite?
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Oregon Queen, Very Fast
She doesn't appear to be a social parasite. So she's fully claustral and should start laying eggs ina few days to 2 weeks if she's stressed.
Ants are life's most successful invaders. Understand and respect that power.
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Re: Oregon Queen, Very Fast
Can we see pictures of the gaster? I agree with Forimca, but I'm tentative to say the exact species.
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
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Re: Oregon Queen, Very Fast
I found these 2 beauties on August 10th, 2018. Through extensive research I believe them to be Formica Subscericea, but since Im a first time ant keeper I don't have any real experience to back me up
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OCrFkWHJq0Gwg1uHhbc5wuC2Y00PZVpxhz-gj-NE_5o/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OCrFkWHJq0Gwg1uHhbc5wuC2Y00PZVpxhz-gj-NE_5o/edit?usp=sharing
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