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Will’s 3 queen Formica Subsericea colony.

Started By Will230145 , Jul 23 2019 11:14 AM
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#1 Offline Will230145 - Posted July 23 2019 - 11:14 AM

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I found these girls on my drive way near a giant Formica nest. I caught five but I will focus this journal on the 3 of these queens.

I added them together and they got together very well!
I then added a worker from nearby and they got friendly with each other and accepted each other immediately.
I added more workers and pupae at this point and they have laid a cluster of eggs themselves.




Edit: I will get better pics once my macro clip comes

Edited by Will230145, July 23 2019 - 11:21 AM.

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#2 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 23 2019 - 11:56 AM

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Good luck!

#3 Offline VoidElecent - Posted July 23 2019 - 12:07 PM

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I like to seem some nice fat queens.


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#4 Offline Will230145 - Posted July 23 2019 - 1:30 PM

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They have moved all the brood to the water tower. In this instance the workers are tricked into thinking the queens are there mothers. That is because they are actually sisters and the workers were collected from the colony the queens cane from. They feed and groom the queens. This is vastly becoming my favorite colony.
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