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Crematogaster Sp. (Discontinued)

Started By B_rad0806 , Nov 27 2019 10:25 PM

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#1 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted November 27 2019 - 10:25 PM

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I caught this queen some time in October. I wasn't sure that is was fertile so I never made a journal on it. I have not been able to identify this species, but I do know that is Crematogaster. For now I have been calling it "Crematogaster Brad". Just recently it got it's first pupa. It should get it's first worker in a week or 2. I am not 100% sure that it is fertile though.

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 28 2019 - 3:25 AM

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Excellent, another Crematogaster journal! I look forward to following her progress. It took me over a year to ID mine as C cerasi. It came down to a good microscope and somebody who really knew their stuff.

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#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 28 2019 - 9:24 AM

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If it has a worker pupa then it is most certainly fertile to some degree.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).

#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted November 28 2019 - 4:18 PM

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if it has a worker it is 100% fertile.

#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted November 28 2019 - 6:28 PM

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If it has a worker pupa then it is most certainly fertile to some degree.

To some degree?

"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