Found 6 queens in my pool :D
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Found 6 queens in my pool :D
I saved 6 queens from my pool, they all have their wings. I know at least 2 are mated because I found them floating right next to the male. All of them are the same species.
Found the first one at 1:30pm
Found the first one at 1:30pm
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I would just like to say that since posted I have found a 7th queen in the pool (also with wings) but this one took her wings off in the test tube, she's the only one that's alone the others are in groups of 3 and 3. Will these queens get along? Also I forgot to say but they're about 4mm or so long.
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Re: Found 6 queens in my pool :D
they will not get along. You need to separate them immediately, or they probably will rip each other to piecesi2chip wrote:I would just like to say that since posted I have found a 7th queen in the pool (also with wings) but this one took her wings off in the test tube, she's the only one that's alone the others are in groups of 3 and 3. Will these queens get along? Also I forgot to say but they're about 4mm or so long.
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
Re: Found 6 queens in my pool :D
Thanks, I'll do that asap, any idea what they are though?
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Re: Found 6 queens in my pool :D
Hey, they wont you see because when antqueens teams up with eachother to start a colony it's called co-founding.idahoantgirl wrote:they will not get along. You need to separate them immediately, or they probably will rip each other to piecesi2chip wrote:I would just like to say that since posted I have found a 7th queen in the pool (also with wings) but this one took her wings off in the test tube, she's the only one that's alone the others are in groups of 3 and 3. Will these queens get along? Also I forgot to say but they're about 4mm or so long.
When queen ants co-found they put thier brood together in the nest they have built. Then later on when the first worker hatches it will have a pheromone and if one queen dosen't have that smell/pheromone they will kill her. So what the ants do is that they put thier brood as close as they can to prevent that ro happen. And then if they now succed trying to co-found and gets a huge colony then the stronger queens will try to elliminate the weaker queens by nipping them and terrorise the queen until it gives up and dies. So, don't worry Chip you will be able to succed with a colony but i can't assure you that all queens will survive though.
I'm very ANThusiastic
Re: Found 6 queens in my pool :D
No worries, they're all safe from each other now
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This is one of the ones that took their wings off
Re: Found 6 queens in my pool :D
First off, The queens might not of killed each other. If they lived in the Test tube together for some time then they might polygenus which is nice or they could be Pleometroic. Either way, It is best to put some together and leave some by themselves when you catch so many queens, because some ant species do better with more than 1 queen.
I think these might be brachymyrmex although I am unsure.
I think these might be brachymyrmex although I am unsure.
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I took a few looks online and I think they're Brachymyrmex patagonicus, and I am probably wrong myself, but I think I just might be rightMdrogun wrote:I think they might be Brachymyrmex although I am unsure.
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I've gotten some close ups on one of these queens that those to keep her wings (I picked one at random). I'm still not sure what they are
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