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[KitsAntVa]

I have thought and thought today about the species of ant ponera, what if I put a queen with a different colony? What if I put basically a queen with a host colony? What if I put two queens that already founded together? basically what I’m saying is I figured out something in my searches for answers, today I put my founding queen with a wild queen I caught they mostly we’re ok with each other despite chasing each other like dogs, after this I found a whole different colony and took some eggs workers and larvae then out those completely different queens I put completely different workers together with them after this they were all chill, I will track my progress in this as basically a journal or make a completely different thread.

Excuse me if I sound like a complete idiot and this is already known by ant keepers,
-Kit

[AnthonyP163]

Yes, Ponera pennsylvanica can often be combined. 

[RushmoreAnts]

I’ve tried this many times with great success.

[KitsAntVa]

I didn't know that but everyone does agree it is weird that 3 separate colonies would except each other even in all the panic.

[Kaelwizard]

When I introduced workers and pupae to my lone queen she tried to escape and died in a couple days.

Edited by Kaelwizard, September 17 2020 - 2:22 PM.

[ponerinecat]

I didn't know that but everyone does agree it is weird that 3 separate colonies would except each other even in all the panic.

It's a pretty common thing among Ponera, they have a very simple system. Hypoponera, on the other hand...

[VoidElecent]

This is lowkey ant forum clickbait

[ANTdrew]

I clicked.