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lasius aphidicola (AntBoi3030)

Started By AntBoi3030 , Jun 25 2021 1:55 PM

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#1 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted June 25 2021 - 1:55 PM

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So I’ve had an aphidacola queen with four lasius workers for about a month and a half. She initial had 10 but ended up killing some and some drowned. About a month ago I doced to give them some pupae that I had collected from outside. They accepted the pupae and and this week one eclosed. However it was a male >

. But the queen seemed to like the presence of the male because she divide to lay a few eggs lol. So that is where I am now I didn’t think she would lay eggs because it had two months but she did! That is why I didn’t make a journal. They also have a medium sized larvae that could have came in with the pupae but I would have thought it would have turned into a pupae.
The larvae is on the left next to the queens head.

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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

#2 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 25 2021 - 2:54 PM

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She should have probably had at least 20 hosts. I also doubt the reason she laid eggs was due to the presence of a male.

#3 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted June 25 2021 - 3:00 PM

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Yea I know I learned that they needed 20+host to late so I’ll have to find more pupae for them.

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

#4 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted June 26 2021 - 12:20 PM

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I saw a pupae without a cocoon wth. It is definitely a pupae I saw legs.

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

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