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Prenolepis imparis questions

Started By LowQualityAnts , Jun 25 2023 9:38 AM

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#1 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted June 25 2023 - 9:38 AM

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I have a prenolepis queen i found in February currently housed in a natural formisquarium. The colony still only has eggs and the queen. The queen is very calm and barely cares when i expose the formisquarium to light which seems abnormal to what I usually hear about imparis. Does founding usually take this long or is there something wrong?

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#2 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted June 25 2023 - 9:39 AM

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She is unfortunately likely infertile.

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#3 Offline LowQualityAnts - Posted June 25 2023 - 9:42 AM

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She is unfortunately likely infertile.


I forgot to add this but she is definitely mated as i caught her from a massive flight happening in my yard and she still had some males on her when she was caught.

#4 Offline bmb1bee - Posted June 25 2023 - 10:56 AM

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They just take very long to found. One of my queens from March only had eggs, which she ate later on. She’s also most likely mated. I would probably recommend a test tube setup for these.

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#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 25 2023 - 5:07 PM

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Yeah put her in a tube lmao, that nest is WAY too big for a solo founding queen.
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