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I have escaped ants that can belong to multiple colonies.

Started By Temperateants , Jul 20 2020 4:09 PM

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#1 Offline Temperateants - Posted July 20 2020 - 4:09 PM

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Today, when I was checking on my ants, I saw that there were 4 escaped carpenter ant workers. I own 2 species. When I collected these queens (who have small colonies inside test tube setups) I made the classic mistake of being overzealous and having to many. I have like 8 carpenter ant colonies that seem to be the same species as the escaped workers. I have a plan. I'm pretty sure these 4 escapees belong to the same colony, but I will put them in the same tube. I'm probably going to put these ants in the fridge, and use one worker to test per each colony. Is this a good idea?

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 20 2020 - 5:10 PM

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Can you sell your extra queens? Get on GAN, and you’ll make good money.

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#3 Offline Temperateants - Posted July 20 2020 - 5:40 PM

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Can you sell your extra queens? Get on GAN, and you’ll make good money.

That's what I am currently doing, in an effort to pay back my hobby debt and get fluon. I don't know any solutions to this problem besides the very time consuming solution I proposed.

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#4 Offline SuperFrank - Posted July 21 2020 - 8:10 AM

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I feed escapees to my trapjaws. Their punishment for straying into the forbidden lands.

#5 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 21 2020 - 8:47 AM

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I feed escapees to my trapjaws. Their punishment for straying into the forbidden lands.

I feel mixed emotions about this.

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

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