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The black warriors/Tetramorium Immigrans

Started By Crazycow , Jun 1 2021 12:18 PM

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#1 Offline Crazycow - Posted June 1 2021 - 12:18 PM

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Today i collected several Tetramorium Immigrans queens in my backyard. i didn't really expect it and i'm normally not awake early enough to catch early morning nuputial flights but today i was. i was sitting outside when one landed on me and then i ran inside grabbed some test tubes and started collecting. i have 4 queens alone in testtube setups and I'm also going to see what happens if i put three together. i know they are not polygynous but its worth a shot. ill try and update this every 1-2 weeks.

 

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#2 Offline NoveltyAntsYT - Posted June 2 2021 - 7:31 AM

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nice! I also caught some queens of this species,


#3 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted June 2 2021 - 7:40 AM

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I've always wanted this species, and was lucky to find a few nests at a local park. How big would you say the queens are? 


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#4 Offline NoveltyAntsYT - Posted June 2 2021 - 7:47 AM

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I've always wanted this species, and was lucky to find a few nests at a local park. How big would you say the queens are?for 

my queens are less than a cm, maybe 7-8mm? You could look it up on an ant wiki and it will give you the sizes of the workers and queens.


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#5 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted June 2 2021 - 7:59 AM

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I've always wanted this species, and was lucky to find a few nests at a local park. How big would you say the queens are?for 

my queens are less than a cm, maybe 7-8mm? You could look it up on an ant wiki and it will give you the sizes of the workers and queens.

 

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Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

#6 Offline Crazycow - Posted June 4 2021 - 6:54 AM

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Little update:
I caught one extra queen and put her with the already 3 queen founding chamber. I’ve also started heating them and I put them away. My plan is to not check on them tell the 16th of June. This gives them two weeks to lay eggs and get larva going and also gives me time to see which are fertile and which aren’t. I may also add my temnothorax and Myrmica and camponotus to this journal if you guys want. Let me know if you do! :)

#7 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted June 4 2021 - 8:07 AM

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I don't think tetramorium are polygenous.


#8 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 4 2021 - 8:17 AM

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I don't think tetramorium are polygenous.

T. immigrans are not, but some species are.


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#9 Offline yibsi - Posted June 4 2021 - 8:19 AM

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I don't think tetramorium are polygenous.

T. immigrans are not, but T. tsushimae are.

Yeah but CrazyCow lives in Washington, tetramorium tushimae are only in Eastern Asia, and invasive in the Midwestern US

    Nylanderia parvula - 4 queen polygynous colony with larvae + devoloping workers

    Camponotus pennsylvanicus  - 1 queen with 2 cocoons, and a few larvae and eggs

    Tetramorium immigrans - 3 colonies, first nanetics!

    Formica pallidifulva - 1 queen, 8-10 eggs

    Tetramorium atratulum - 1 queen with roughly 17 host workers

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    Solenopsis Molesta - 2 queens so far, polygenous set-up

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#10 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 4 2021 - 8:22 AM

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I don't think tetramorium are polygenous.

T. immigrans are not, but T. tsushimae are.

Yeah but CrazyCow lives in Washington, tetramorium tushimae are only in Eastern Asia, and invasive in the Midwestern US

 

I know, I was replying to Antcatcherrpo3 as they said they thought Tetramorium are not polygynous, but yes, CrazyCow's are not the polygynous species. I should have just said that some Tetramorium species are polygynous, but T. immigrans are not. I will fix that.


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#11 Offline Crazycow - Posted June 4 2021 - 8:58 AM

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I don't think tetramorium are polygenous.

T. immigrans are not, but T. tsushimae are.
Yeah but CrazyCow lives in Washington, tetramorium tushimae are only in Eastern Asia, and invasive in the Midwestern US
I know, I was replying to Antcatcherrpo3 as they said they thought Tetramorium are not polygynous, but yes, CrazyCow's are not the polygynous species. I should have just said that some Tetramorium species are polygynous, but T. immigrans are not. I will fix that.
They aren’t polygynous but they will found together, at least that’s what I’ve heard. Even if they kill eachother I have plenty more and do far they are doing fine together so hopefully all goes well

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#12 Offline Crazycow - Posted June 5 2021 - 7:40 PM

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okay so i checked up on my T. immigrans queens and 1 died and 1 has not layed yet and has not dropped her wings :( so she may be infertile. on the other hand tho one of the other queens has started to lay and she has a small batch of eggs atm. and now for the 4 queen experiment colony... they are doing great!! huge pile of eggs and they seem to be very happy together! I'm very exited to see how this colony dose when workers arrive. 

 

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this is a pic of the queens on top of the eggs tending to them.

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this is the egg pile and that's only part of it! a lot more is on the cotton and under the queens.

 

more updates soon!

 


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#13 Offline KadinB - Posted June 5 2021 - 9:46 PM

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you only caught a few? I caught 100+ lol. they have over run my area sadly and i think that's why there's like no Camponotus or anything. there's not many spe in my area.


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#14 Offline Crazycow - Posted June 5 2021 - 9:52 PM

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you only caught a few? I caught 100+ lol. they have over run my area sadly and i think that's why there's like no Camponotus or anything. there's not many spe in my area.

there are a ton in my area too but i don't need that many queens


#15 Offline KadinB - Posted June 5 2021 - 10:41 PM

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you only caught a few? I caught 100+ lol. they have over run my area sadly and i think that's why there's like no Camponotus or anything. there's not many spe in my area.

there are a ton in my area too but i don't need that many queens
oh I’m selling and trading mine


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I don't think tetramorium are polygenous.

T. immigrans are not, but T. tsushimae are.

Yeah but CrazyCow lives in Washington, tetramorium tushimae are only in Eastern Asia, and invasive in the Midwestern US

 

I know, I was replying to Antcatcherrpo3 as they said they thought Tetramorium are not polygynous, but yes, CrazyCow's are not the polygynous species. I should have just said that some Tetramorium species are polygynous, but T. immigrans are not. I will fix that.

 

i have raised multiqueen colonies of this sp to nanitics but...


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#17 Offline Crazycow - Posted June 6 2021 - 8:42 AM

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I don't think tetramorium are polygenous.

T. immigrans are not, but T. tsushimae are.
Yeah but CrazyCow lives in Washington, tetramorium tushimae are only in Eastern Asia, and invasive in the Midwestern US
I know, I was replying to Antcatcherrpo3 as they said they thought Tetramorium are not polygynous, but yes, CrazyCow's are not the polygynous species. I should have just said that some Tetramorium species are polygynous, but T. immigrans are not. I will fix that.
i have raised multiqueen colonies of this sp to nanitics but...
But what… :o

#18 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 6 2021 - 8:47 AM

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i killed them all with bad antkeeping i couldn't get them protien or sugars, also my largest would only take cracked open dandelion seeds


Edited by Antkeeper01, June 6 2021 - 8:48 AM.

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#19 Offline Crazycow - Posted June 6 2021 - 8:48 AM

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Rip. How did you kill them? So I don’t make the same mistake

#20 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 7 2021 - 3:11 AM

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Eventually the queens would probably have been culled until there is one. I highly doubt the colony would stay polygynous. 


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