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Broncos' Solenopsis Molesta

Started By Broncos , Aug 4 2020 4:10 PM
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#1 Offline Broncos - Posted August 4 2020 - 4:10 PM

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On black star canyon trail at around 10 pm solenopsis molesta had a huge flight. I had no idea they were polygonous and I only had 1 test tube left and put two queens in that test tube. I know they mated because I saw them mate. I could have stayed 5 more minutes and had 20 queens.   :facepalm:Well... now I know.


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#2 Offline zantezaint - Posted August 4 2020 - 4:16 PM

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They also interbreed. As they say, keeping it in the family.


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4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.

2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.

19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies

16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.

1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.

1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.

1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.

1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.

#3 Offline Broncos - Posted August 19 2020 - 11:53 AM

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These queens only have a batch of eggs no larva yet.


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#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 19 2020 - 12:44 PM

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They may be infertile/unmated.  Mine got larvae about a week after eggs were laid.


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). 

#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 19 2020 - 1:54 PM

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They may be infertile/unmated.  Mine got larvae about a week after eggs were laid.

He said they were mated in the first post.


"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

 

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Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 19 2020 - 1:55 PM

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They may be infertile/unmated.  Mine got larvae about a week after eggs were laid.

He said they were mated in the first post.

 

I have seen some mate and do nothing at all. Those are the truly infertile ones.


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). 

#7 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 19 2020 - 1:57 PM

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True. 


"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

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

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

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#8 Offline Broncos - Posted August 20 2020 - 7:26 AM

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Bummer. 


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#9 Offline Broncos - Posted September 25 2020 - 4:44 PM

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I'm seeing larva now. So hopefully they are fertilized. Other than that nothing has been going on.


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#10 Offline Devi - Posted September 25 2020 - 5:20 PM

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I'm seeing larva now. So hopefully they are fertilized. Other than that nothing has been going on.

I have a molesta colony of 11 queens in a test tube, and they have just laid eggs.  Hoping for larvae soon!  I will be following this. :)


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#11 Offline Broncos - Posted February 5 2021 - 10:07 AM

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These queens fought and died sometime around a week ago. I wasn't there to see it or I would have separated them.


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