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Can a queenless Tapinoma colony survive with single alate pupa?

Started By RushmoreAnts , Jun 10 2020 6:26 AM

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#1 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 10 2020 - 6:26 AM

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So, I recently acquired a Tapinoma sessile colony with several hundred workers. Three queens were introduced, yet apparently they were rejected, as they were not with the colony. The colony now has but a single queen pupa. I am aware these can breed in the nest, yet I was wondering if the workers might lay male eggs? I’m hoping some of their current brood is male, though.

"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

#2 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted June 10 2020 - 6:36 AM

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So just to be clear, the 3 introduced queens were not the original ones, and thus most likely genetically dissimilar?

Edited by TheMicroPlanet, June 10 2020 - 6:37 AM.

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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 10 2020 - 7:26 AM

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So just to be clear, the 3 introduced queens were not the original ones, and thus most likely genetically dissimilar?

Correct. The original queens were not collected.

Edit: Double post, sorry.

Edited by AntsDakota, June 10 2020 - 7:28 AM.

"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