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ilija's prenolepis nitens queen

Started By Ilija Mitrevski , Jun 11 2017 9:33 AM

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#1 Offline Ilija Mitrevski - Posted June 11 2017 - 9:33 AM

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I caught this prenolepis  nitens queen in my yard during a massive flight in early march. I don't really like this species but I had a test tube left so why not. I had one of these last year too but she was infertile. This one is fertile. I checked on her today and she had some larvae. They're so tiny I can hardly see them. I'll update you guys every Sunday.


#2 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted June 11 2017 - 12:39 PM

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Pictures please!

 

How can you distinguish between nitens and imparis?


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#3 Offline Ilija Mitrevski - Posted June 11 2017 - 12:53 PM

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Pictures please!

 

How can you distinguish between nitens and imparis?

 

Well, P. nitens lives in Europe while P. Imparis lives in North america 

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#4 Offline RhodyAnts - Posted June 13 2017 - 3:14 PM

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Very awesome to know! Do P. Nitens also have repletes?

#5 Offline Ilija Mitrevski - Posted June 14 2017 - 1:35 AM

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Very awesome to know! Do P. Nitens also have repletes?

Yes, I always see two lines of workers on my cherrie tree. One going up to the aphids and one going down near bursting with honeydew.

#6 Offline Ilija Mitrevski - Posted June 18 2017 - 9:46 AM

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