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[SYUTEO]

Do you have any ant mysteries that you wish are solved? The biggest mystery I want to be solved is why my ants don't like moving to a new nest, I frustrates me a lot.

[Skwiggledork]

Plenty of species to discover.

Better information on ant diets and how to keep certain species in captivity, such as Prenolepis imparis. A lot of people, myself included, can't get them to lay a second batch of eggs.

More specific information on different species nuptial flights, so I can find target species easier.

Ways to captive breed different species.

I'm sure there are more I could think of and I've got a lot to learn about my little list that is already known, just not by me.

As for your mystery I think it boils down to moving nests in the wild is one of the riskiest activities the colony can do, so they try to do it as little as possible.

 

[NicholasP]

Do you have any ant mysteries that you wish are solved? The biggest mystery I want to be solved is why my ants don't like moving to a new nest, I frustrates me a lot.

Yes. It was a rainy morning In a July day in Tucson, Arizona. To my surprise right after the rain the sun came out and a couple dozens of queens flew but not in the hundreds like what Acromyrmex normally do. And Acromyrmex usually fly early in the morning at around 4:30 AM. But when I found them flying it was around 1 PM. Please help me solve this mystery.

Edited by NicholasP, January 6 2022 - 9:00 PM.