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Myrmecocystus queen

Started By marcel , Aug 14 2017 6:49 AM

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#1 Offline marcel - Posted August 14 2017 - 6:49 AM

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Hello guys,

does anyone of you know if this is Myrmecocystus navajo or Myrmecocystus mexicanus? The queen should be about 11 - 12 mm (0.43 - 0.47 inch) long.

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It is a very beautiful queen.

I will definately leave this test tube for more than 2 weeks untouched, so there is a higher chance and less stress for the queen to be successful.

Myrmecocystus seems super stress sensitive.

Greetings,

Marcel

#2 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted August 15 2017 - 8:35 AM

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Myrmecocystus navajo

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Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.