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[NikolaBale]

Hello everyone!...So about m.pharaonis i have a few questions:

1.Do they hibernate?

2.How can i find the queen?

3.Do they have regular nuptial flights?

I've read that they actually mate inside the nest so that's why I'm asking about the nuptial flights but even so i've seen people keep them so there must be a way to catch a queen.

Further more if anyone has kept this sp bonus info would be appreciated.

 

Thank you! 

[Phoenix]

I Have Kept Them B4.

#1 - Live In SE Asia, Unable To Answer Inquiry.

#2 - Either Via Nuptial Flight, Or By Stumbling Onto A Budding Queen.

#3 - They're Invasive, They'll Fly Whenever Weather Permits. 

[NikolaBale]

I Have Kept Them B4.
#1 - Live In SE Asia, Unable To Answer Inquiry.
#2 - Either Via Nuptial Flight, Or By Stumbling Onto A Budding Queen.
#3 - They're Invasive, They'll Fly Whenever Weather Permits.

Kinda difficult catching it that way because as you say they are invasive so they don't have a specific time period that they fly...and further more I'm not even sure that queens even go outside to mate because i read that they mate inside the nest so by assuming that my best bet is to find a nest and take a few queens

[Phoenix]

 

I Have Kept Them B4.
#1 - Live In SE Asia, Unable To Answer Inquiry.
#2 - Either Via Nuptial Flight, Or By Stumbling Onto A Budding Queen.
#3 - They're Invasive, They'll Fly Whenever Weather Permits.

Kinda difficult catching it that way because as you say they are invasive so they don't have a specific time period that they fly...and further more I'm not even sure that queens even go outside to mate because i read that they mate inside the nest so by assuming that my best bet is to find a nest and take a few queens

 

Including A Few Workers, Those Queens Won't Make It Without Them.

[Connectimyrmex]

They don't hibernate. Most tramp species do not even require hibernation

[skocko76]

NikolaBale,

 

my firends' appartment was infested with them (pharaoh ants). They knew nothing of ants and tried to get rid of them by spraying medicinal alcohol on them.

This triggered the colony to branch out. During the consequent days, there were literally streams of marching ants, a queen for every 20-30 workers. 

They have broken the colony into smaller "settler" units on a mission to find better nesting spots.

So if you know of a colony, try to agitate them with alcohol or lemon juice. Once they start to move, fill test tubes with queens (and workers).

Edited by skocko76, October 23 2017 - 9:48 AM.

[Connectimyrmex]

NikolaBale,

 

my firends' appartment was infested with them (pharaoh ants). They knew nothing of ants and tried to get rid of them by spraying medicinal alcohol on them.

This triggered the colony to branch out. During the consequent days, there were literally streams of marching ants, a queen for every 20-30 workers. 

They have broken the colony into smaller "settler" units on a mission to find better nesting spots.

So if you know of a colony, try to agitate them with alcohol or lemon juice. Once they start to move, fill test tubes with queens (and workers).

well, i just learned a new method!