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Ponera pennsylvanica polygyne colony

Started By Mdrogun , May 2 2020 5:35 PM

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#1 Offline Mdrogun - Posted May 2 2020 - 5:35 PM

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Hey, everyone. While out anting yesterday I stumbled across a Ponera pennsylvanica colony with 2 queens. They have 5 workers as well, and a larva or two. One of the queens is ergatoid. I'm going to be seeing if I can successfully keep this species, as it seems like not many people have done so, and I'm also excited to see what that ergatoid queen means for the colony. I'll be doing my best to document things in this journal. Here's a video:

Edited by Mdrogun, May 2 2020 - 5:36 PM.

Boog and RushmoreAnts like this

Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega

#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 2 2020 - 5:45 PM

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Nice! I also have this species.

"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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