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Myrmica Ruginodis Alien Queen

Started By NewbieAntMan , Feb 14 2022 1:20 PM

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#1 Offline NewbieAntMan - Posted February 14 2022 - 1:20 PM

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Hi,

Is it possible to add an alien Ruginodis queen to an already established colony of the same species?

Thanks in advance!
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#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted February 14 2022 - 1:50 PM

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Hi,

Is it possible to add an alien Ruginodis queen to an already established colony of the same species?

Thanks in advance!

I seriously doubt it


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#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 14 2022 - 2:31 PM

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Yeah I wouldn’t do it. The general rule for polygynous species is that once a queen gets nanitics, adding new queens becomes impossible.

Edited by Manitobant, February 14 2022 - 2:32 PM.

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#4 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted February 14 2022 - 6:31 PM

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Oh I just read the title of the post again and realized that it was Myrmica not Myrmecia :facepalm:


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#5 Offline OiledOlives - Posted February 15 2022 - 8:59 AM

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If they are both confirmed ruginodis and they are from same/similar populations, I'm sure that the solo queen can be accepted.


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#6 Offline NicholasP - Posted February 17 2022 - 9:24 PM

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Yeah I wouldn’t do it. The general rule for polygynous species is that once a queen gets nanitics, adding new queens becomes impossible.

I've observed with Brachymyrmex Patagonicus that even if 2 colonies already have some workers that the 2 colonies will be able to merge still.


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#7 Offline NewbieAntMan - Posted February 21 2022 - 8:01 AM

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What if the colony produces its own alates? Will those queens mate with the male alates or do Ruginodis not inbreed?
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