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Why did they become polygynous?


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#1 Offline Idontexist - Posted July 11 2022 - 5:25 PM

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So i don't remember if i said this but on my journal i said i had found a trap jaw colony that was very big. While i had another trap jaw colony. Guess what. I fused them because i was an idiot (mikey bustos moment) guess what. Today i saw two queens
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#2 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted July 11 2022 - 6:01 PM

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"Why did they become polygynous?"

2 possibilities:

1. They didn't.

2. They didn't.

 

Elaborating on number 1:

They might just start killing each other soon.

 

Elaborating on number 2:

They were already a polygynous Odontomachus species, so they didn't "become" polygynous.

 

Thank you for reading.


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My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

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