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The Office Queen - Tetramorium immigrans Journal

Started By T.C. , Jun 25 2024 10:35 PM

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#1 Offline T.C. - Posted June 25 2024 - 10:35 PM

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This queen landed on my desk at work tonight, hence the name. She evaded me for a good hour before landing on some paperwork in front of me again. I keep test tubes handy in my car for these occasions. Fingers crossed she's fertile. Long live the office queen.

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#2 Offline Stubyvast - Posted June 27 2024 - 8:21 AM

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Wow nice! It's funny how this sort of thing happens. For example me and my friend IdioticMouse26 were hoping to catch a Camponotus modoc queen when we arrived at his house, and then we walked over to his door, and bam there's a queen right there, literally on his doorstep, just waiting for us. Caught her, and is currently doing well with tons of brood. Haha.

Currently raising:

Myrmica rubra (1 queen + ~5 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)

Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)

Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])

Formica pacifica (Queen)

Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!

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