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Posted April 2 2022 - 9:01 AM
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Can anyone tell me why my 3 year old 500 ant pogonomyrmex occidentalis colony produced just one female alate? The colony is too young and small to produce a nuptial flight… so what is going on?
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Posted April 2 2022 - 9:06 AM
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Posted April 2 2022 - 9:21 AM
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That's cool! I hope one day my Pogonomyrmex colonies produce alates.
Currently kept species
L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.
Previously kept species
T. rugatulus, B. depilis.
Looking for
Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus
Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans
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Posted April 2 2022 - 9:40 AM
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But just one alate? I could see if there were a handful of them... but it's literally just the one queen.
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Posted April 2 2022 - 9:49 AM
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But just one alate? I could see if there were a handful of them... but it's literally just the one queen.
It is quite natural for a small colony to produce only one or a few alates. Alate number is proportionate to colony size. The larger a colony, the more resources it can collect, and thus the more alates it can produce.
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Keeping:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. subsericea, unidentified fusca group sp.
Formica cf. ravida, cf. obscuriventris
Myrmica sp.
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Posted April 2 2022 - 9:51 AM
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It's kinda morbid, but I hope she she comes out of nest so I can pin her. It'd be neat to have a winged queen in my pinned collection... But they might remove her wings before I get the chance.
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Posted April 2 2022 - 9:53 AM
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I suppose you could attempt to initiate a nuptial flight by spraying their outworld and maybe a little into their nest entrance with a spray bottle to simulate rain, to trigger a nuptial flight (in the summer when they'd have their nuptial flights, not now).
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
Formerly called AntsDakota, not to be confused with Ants_Dakota (hence the name change). You can still call me Adak.
Keeping:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. subsericea, unidentified fusca group sp.
Formica cf. ravida, cf. obscuriventris
Myrmica sp.
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Posted April 2 2022 - 10:46 AM
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