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Tapinoma sessile worker boosting

Started By steam_funk , Jun 23 2020 2:22 PM

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#1 Offline steam_funk - Posted June 23 2020 - 2:22 PM

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I have a 5 queen colony of Tapinoma that have a few workers and a lot of brood. I have found a lot of workers outside near my house. I have read that the colonies are very interconnected. Would I be able to add a few workers from outside to the current colony in the test tube?

#2 Offline TechAnt - Posted June 23 2020 - 3:17 PM

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Probably. But I never have kept them, so wait for everyone else to answer before acting.

My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 23 2020 - 3:52 PM

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I have a 5 queen colony of Tapinoma that have a few workers and a lot of brood. I have found a lot of workers outside near my house. I have read that the colonies are very interconnected. Would I be able to add a few workers from outside to the current colony in the test tube?

You can, but I don't see that point. It takes away a lot of the fulfillment and joy antkeeping gives and can even be somewhat harmful to the colony long term. T sessile are such a fast growing species, even with one queen (and you have 5!) that the difference will be minimal and will quickly get covered up by their biological daughters.

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#4 Offline Antkid12 - Posted June 23 2020 - 4:51 PM

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I have a 5 queen colony of Tapinoma that have a few workers and a lot of brood. I have found a lot of workers outside near my house. I have read that the colonies are very interconnected. Would I be able to add a few workers from outside to the current colony in the test tube?

It was Brachymyrmex actually...

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, ~~Brachymyrmex sp.~~ possibly infertile , Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: ~~Pheidole morrisii~~

#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 23 2020 - 7:07 PM

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I have a 5 queen colony of Tapinoma that have a few workers and a lot of brood. I have found a lot of workers outside near my house. I have read that the colonies are very interconnected. Would I be able to add a few workers from outside to the current colony in the test tube?
It was Brachymyrmex actually...

Hmm?

"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

#6 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 25 2020 - 7:11 AM

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I have a 5 queen colony of Tapinoma that have a few workers and a lot of brood. I have found a lot of workers outside near my house. I have read that the colonies are very interconnected. Would I be able to add a few workers from outside to the current colony in the test tube?
It was Brachymyrmex actually...
Hmm?

People ID’d it as Brachymyrmex in their journal.