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Strumigenys queen help!
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MegaMyrmex
, Aug 15 2017 2:15 PM
5 replies to this topic
#1 Offline - Posted August 15 2017 - 2:15 PM
Does anybody have experience keeping these ants? I caught a foraging queen and I need help ASAP
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.
#2 Offline - Posted August 15 2017 - 2:43 PM
Aren't they like really picky eaters?
#3 Offline - Posted August 15 2017 - 2:59 PM
Yes they will only eat springtails. I brought some moss with some springtails from their environment in hopes to start a culture.
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.
#4 Offline - Posted August 15 2017 - 3:03 PM
Where did you catch this queen, what terrain? Thanks. Also, how long on average does it take for a lasius queen to lay eggs?
Aphaenogaster cf. rudis
Tetramorium immigrans
Tapinoma sessile
Formica subsericea
Pheidole sp.
Camponotus nearcticus
#5 Offline - Posted August 15 2017 - 3:56 PM
I caught the queen underneath some moss, and it can take anywhere from an hour to a few months if you catch it in September, since those queens would need a diapause.
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.
#6 Offline - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:37 PM
They also appear to be symbiotes of aphenogaster. They eat spring tails from their nesting area. If caught they curl up into a ball and play dead. The aphenogaster deposit them on the outskirt of their territory. They uncurl and try again.
Might be cool to have 2 species in one out world.
Might be cool to have 2 species in one out world.
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