***The last picture is some of the T. curvispinosus queens I caught.
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, Jul 24 2023 6:20 AM
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Posted July 24 2023 - 6:20 AM
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I found lots of queens at my blacklight last night at around 10 PM, most of theses queens were Temnothorax curvispinosus, however, some of the queens were slightly smaller (around 4 mm) and didn’t have a striped gaster like T. curvispinosus, I was wondering if these were a different species of Temnothorax or something else. I put them all in the same test tube.
***The last picture is some of the T. curvispinosus queens I caught.
***The last picture is some of the T. curvispinosus queens I caught.
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Posted July 24 2023 - 7:06 AM
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Temnothorax queens can very in size a little, so that plus the fact you found them at the same time makes me think that they are both Temnothorax curvispinosus. When queens have a lot of eggs in their abdomen they often become distended making white lines. Maybe the other queens without lines are infertile or not yet ready to lay eggs.
Edited by antperson24, July 24 2023 - 7:48 AM.
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right were you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that are not found in your area.
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Posted July 25 2023 - 4:38 AM
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Temnothorax curvispinosus maybe fertile maybe not. Just wait and see if they lay eggs.
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Posted August 9 2023 - 10:01 PM
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Do you sell at colonies?
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Posted August 10 2023 - 1:48 AM
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definitely a temnothorax species, but I can't figure out which one.
can you include measurements pls?
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