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Strumigenys queen help!


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#1 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted August 15 2017 - 2:15 PM

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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)

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

 


#2 Offline MrWeather - Posted August 15 2017 - 2:43 PM

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Aren't they like really picky eaters? 



#3 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted August 15 2017 - 2:59 PM

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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)

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

 


#4 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted August 15 2017 - 3:03 PM

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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 MegaMyrmex - Posted August 15 2017 - 3:56 PM

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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)

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

 


#6 Offline RhodyAnts - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:37 PM

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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.




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