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PSA: Pheidole tysoni is NOT polygynous!

Started By CatsnAnts , Aug 6 2020 5:58 AM

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#1 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted August 6 2020 - 5:58 AM

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Pheidole tysoni hasn’t been a very commonly kept species, until this year. I know of a few people that have multi-queen founding colonies right now, and were unsure if this species is polygynous or not. I just woke up this morning to my three queen colony having a massive brawl, one queen lost half of her limbs and I was able to save the other two before they were hurt. If you have this species in a multi-queen setup, make sure to keep a close eye on them (or just separate them), because mine didn’t even have pupae yet and they got very aggressive.
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#2 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted August 6 2020 - 6:08 AM

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Pheidole tysoni hasn’t been a very commonly kept species, until this year. I know of a few people that have multi-queen founding colonies right now, and were unsure if this species is polygynous or not. I just woke up this morning to my three queen colony having a massive brawl, one queen lost half of her limbs and I was able to save the other two before they were hurt. If you have this species in a multi-queen setup, make sure to keep a close eye on them (or just separate them), because mine didn’t even have pupae yet and they got very aggressive.

My duo has workers and is doing fine so far...


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#3 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted August 6 2020 - 6:21 AM

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Pheidole tysoni hasn’t been a very commonly kept species, until this year. I know of a few people that have multi-queen founding colonies right now, and were unsure if this species is polygynous or not. I just woke up this morning to my three queen colony having a massive brawl, one queen lost half of her limbs and I was able to save the other two before they were hurt. If you have this species in a multi-queen setup, make sure to keep a close eye on them (or just separate them), because mine didn’t even have pupae yet and they got very aggressive.

My duo has workers and is doing fine so far...
Hmm, maybe it’s a local thing? I hope yours have more success than mine!

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#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted August 6 2020 - 6:25 AM

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Pheidole tysoni hasn’t been a very commonly kept species, until this year. I know of a few people that have multi-queen founding colonies right now, and were unsure if this species is polygynous or not. I just woke up this morning to my three queen colony having a massive brawl, one queen lost half of her limbs and I was able to save the other two before they were hurt. If you have this species in a multi-queen setup, make sure to keep a close eye on them (or just separate them), because mine didn’t even have pupae yet and they got very aggressive.

My duo has workers and is doing fine so far...
Hmm, maybe it’s a local thing? I hope yours have more success than mine!

 

it could be, and thanks!


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#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 6 2020 - 1:09 PM

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Pheidole tysoni hasn’t been a very commonly kept species, until this year. I know of a few people that have multi-queen founding colonies right now, and were unsure if this species is polygynous or not. I just woke up this morning to my three queen colony having a massive brawl, one queen lost half of her limbs and I was able to save the other two before they were hurt. If you have this species in a multi-queen setup, make sure to keep a close eye on them (or just separate them), because mine didn’t even have pupae yet and they got very aggressive.

Aw, man. I hope the other two do well!


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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!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#6 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted August 6 2020 - 1:56 PM

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Pheidole tysoni hasn’t been a very commonly kept species, until this year. I know of a few people that have multi-queen founding colonies right now, and were unsure if this species is polygynous or not. I just woke up this morning to my three queen colony having a massive brawl, one queen lost half of her limbs and I was able to save the other two before they were hurt. If you have this species in a multi-queen setup, make sure to keep a close eye on them (or just separate them), because mine didn’t even have pupae yet and they got very aggressive.

Aw, man. I hope the other two do well!

Me too! I have the injured queen in a test tube with her fair share of the brood pile. Despite missing half of her limbs and an antennae, she still seems able to care for the brood. Hopefully, once the workers arrive they will be able to take care of her.

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#7 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 6 2020 - 2:21 PM

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Polygyny in most ants seems to depends on the local population.


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