Ant Size Chnage

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SamuelMamuel
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Ant Size Chnage

Post: # 34437Post SamuelMamuel
Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:35 pm

I believe that my ants are tetramorium, atleast that is what I was told, and the queen looks like a tetramorium. However, wild tetramorium that I have been finding are probably 1.5x bigger than mine. My colony is rather new (25-40 workers), so I am wondering if my colony is Tetramorium at all, and if they are, are the workers going to grow in size?
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Re: Ant Size Chnage

Post: # 34443Post antnest8
Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:20 am

iv'e heard of nanitics being smaller but that's probably not the case.
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Re: Ant Size Chnage

Post: # 34465Post idahoantgirl
Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:40 pm

I keep tetramorium and yes, I know what your talking about. Though maybe not in that extreme. I have seen strong thriving huge colonies in the wild with larger workers than mine, and my first nanitics were very small. maybe the difference was 50%. Now my colony fills a hybrid nest, and you can see a variation of sizes of my workers. I would recommend posting photos for identification.
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Re: Ant Size Chnage

Post: # 36589Post TheRealAntMan
Thu May 31, 2018 12:18 am

SamuelMamuel wrote:
Sun Mar 11, 2018 5:35 pm
I believe that my ants are tetramorium, atleast that is what I was told, and the queen looks like a tetramorium. However, wild tetramorium that I have been finding are probably 1.5x bigger than mine. My colony is rather new (25-40 workers), so I am wondering if my colony is Tetramorium at all, and if they are, are the workers going to grow in size?
Maybe it could have been Monomorium Minimum?
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.

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