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Can Tapinoma Sessile queens be introduced to established colonies?

Started By jushi , May 15 2020 10:00 AM

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#1 Offline jushi - Posted May 15 2020 - 10:00 AM

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So I dug up a tapinoma sessile colony (read my journal if you need more details on their progress!) and just today I caught some queens which I'm almost certain to be Tapinoma Sessile! These guys form supercolonies, but I don't know if they would kill these two queens If I add them. Thanks for any advice!


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Tapinoma Sessile (founding) x3
Tapinoma Sessile x1
Camponotus Pennsyvanicus x2
Prenolepis Imparis (founding) x2
Myrmecina Americana (founding) x1
Myrmecina Americana x1

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 15 2020 - 10:05 AM

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Pretty sure the answer is yes.
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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 15 2020 - 10:05 AM

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Pretty sure the answer is yes.

I second this.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#4 Offline jushi - Posted May 15 2020 - 10:36 AM

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Pretty sure the answer is yes.

I second this.

 

 

Thanks! I put the queens into my other Tapinoma Sessile colony, and currently they are scurrying around. They should be accepted by the workers soon!


KEEPER OF:
 
Tapinoma Sessile (founding) x3
Tapinoma Sessile x1
Camponotus Pennsyvanicus x2
Prenolepis Imparis (founding) x2
Myrmecina Americana (founding) x1
Myrmecina Americana x1

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 15 2020 - 10:40 AM

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It’s like copy and paste.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#6 Offline ForestDragon - Posted May 15 2020 - 10:41 AM

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they will be accepted without a doubt


#7 Offline Temperateants - Posted May 15 2020 - 12:04 PM

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When you have multiple unrelated queens with unrelated mates they can probably mate inside the nest. Part of the reason I want tapinoma sessile or Solenopsis Molesta.


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#8 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 15 2020 - 12:36 PM

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When you have multiple unrelated queens with unrelated mates they can probably mate inside the nest. Part of the reason I want tapinoma sessile or Solenopsis Molesta.

I believe this species breeds in the nest completely naturally. Therefore queens would probably mate with their siblings as well.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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