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[brbgyn]

1. Location of collection: Brazil - Goiás

2. Date of collection: March 21, 2017
3. Habitat of collection: soil still wet from March 20 rain
4. Length: 6 mm
5. Coloration, hue, pattern and texture: Black, very reflective gaster
6. Distinguishing characteristics: caught her within a bunch of little alade of her species, outside the colony, walking normally thru the soil. (VIDEO).
8. Nest description: The queen, the workers and the alades were walking from one hole to another hole.
9 . Post the clearest pictures possible of the top, side, and face of the ant in question, and if possible, their nest and the habitat they were collected in:

 

PHOTOS AND VIDEO:

 

 

WORKER:

 

 

Album: Brachymyrmex sp. ?

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Thank you again

Edited by brbgyn, March 27 2017 - 6:54 AM.

[Aaron567]

Brachymyrmex sp.? That's what it looks like to me. I may be wrong

[dspdrew]

http://www.formicult...to-post-photos/

[brbgyn]

http://www.formicult...to-post-photos/

Hi dspdrew... Can't you see my images ? They are appearing here in my browser.

[brbgyn]

http://www.formicult...to-post-photos/

I was doing some research on Brachymyrmex sp species, like Aaeron567 told aboce, here in the forum and saw that you used to have a colony of them... And they died...

Are Brachymyrmex sp difficult to take care of ?

[dspdrew]

Just giving you the post that shows how to properly post images on a forum. A lot of people don't like clicking links and opening up new windows and tabs just to see pictures.

[Aaron567]

Brachymyrmex aren't hard to care for, I just stressed mine out too much

[brbgyn]

Brachymyrmex aren't hard to care for, I just stressed mine out too much

Hmm good to know. Thank you

[Leo]

i can't see the images

[brbgyn]

Brachymyrmex sp.? That's what it looks like to me. I may be wrong

 

Is "Brachymyrmex sp." a multi-queen species ?

[Martialis]

Brachymyrmex queens are highly polygyne.

Edited by Martialis, March 27 2017 - 6:56 AM.

[brbgyn]

Brachymyrmex queens are highly polygyne.

 

Nice. Can a queen live and originate a health colony alone ? I saw 2 at the nest, but one died when i was caughting her... I´m with only 1 in the test tube now, she already laid eggs, but one worker died.

Edited by brbgyn, March 27 2017 - 6:59 AM.

[Batspiderfish]

Just a heads up that in a lot of ant species, polygyny is an evolutionary trait in competition with monogyny. Polygyny will be more prevalent in old habitats with denser populations, while monogyny is more successful at the outskirts of the species range. Multi-queen foundings in captivity are generally inconsistent.

If the queen was taken from an established colony, she will likely need some of her workers back.

Edited by Batspiderfish, March 27 2017 - 7:21 AM.

[brbgyn]

Just a heads up that in a lot of ant species, polygyny is an evolutionary trait in competition with monogyny. Polygyny will be more prevalent in old habitats with denser populations, while monogyny is more successful at the outskirts of the species range. Multi-queen foundings in captivity are generally inconsistent.

If the queen was taken from an established colony, she will likely need some of her workers back.

 

Thanks