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2 Queen MESSOR BARBARUS

Started By St3 , Apr 15 2021 3:27 AM

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#1 Offline St3 - Posted April 15 2021 - 3:27 AM

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I bought 2 queens and merged there test tubes and they accepted each other GREAT, IT will be a while untill my next update ( first workers arrived )
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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 15 2021 - 8:09 AM

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Messor barbarus do pleometrosis, not polygyny, meaning when the workers arrive, one of the queens will be killed. Just a warning in case you didn’t know.

Edited by Manitobant, April 15 2021 - 8:10 AM.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline St3 - Posted April 15 2021 - 5:22 PM

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As if you text that, guess what happens today, I am left with the stronger queen with alot of brood,
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#4 Offline Fatatoille - Posted April 16 2021 - 1:02 AM

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Whilst messor do typically exhibit pleometrosis, there have been some cases of merging and creation of multiqueen colonies in captivity. As far as I have read into it, founding queens are merged together when the first nanitics start to eclose, after that it is just a question of tolerance, there is certainly the possibility that the queens could slaughter each other later down the line, but the aggression seems to be negated. this is the largest multiqueen colony in captivity as far as I am aware:

https://www.youtube....Grz2gaz6UFOnjOc


Edited by Fatatoille, April 16 2021 - 1:05 AM.

Prawn and Mayo sandwiches taste nice.

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