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Polygynous?

Started By FeedTheAnts , Aug 9 2017 8:58 AM

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#1 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted August 9 2017 - 8:58 AM

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I was wondering if Camponotus subbarbatus is known to be polygynous.


I accidentally froze all my ants 

#2 Offline ultraex2 - Posted August 9 2017 - 9:05 AM

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I don't think so, but I believe I remember reading something on the wiki somewhere that polygony hasn't really been studied in Camponotus very well and the only polygynous Camponotus species that I know of is C. Modoc where they can have colonies of up to 50k.


#3 Offline xTNxANTMANx - Posted August 9 2017 - 7:38 PM

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If I'm not mistaken there is not a camponotus species that is polygamous. I know for a fact that Camponotus subbarbatus isn't polygamous though. I founded a colony of this beautiful species and they are at least 40 strong now.
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Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Camponotus pennsylvanicusx3 (founding)
Dorymyrmex bureni
Formica pallidefulva x3
Formica subsericea x4
Tetramorium immigrans

Have kept many other ant species but now keep over 100 tarantulas and other inverts! Mantids, centipedes, and scorpions to name a few 😁

#4 Offline KBant - Posted August 9 2017 - 9:17 PM

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camponotus vicinus and modoc are known to be polygynous 


#5 Offline xTNxANTMANx - Posted August 10 2017 - 4:37 AM

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You learn something new all the time :-)
Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Camponotus pennsylvanicusx3 (founding)
Dorymyrmex bureni
Formica pallidefulva x3
Formica subsericea x4
Tetramorium immigrans

Have kept many other ant species but now keep over 100 tarantulas and other inverts! Mantids, centipedes, and scorpions to name a few 😁

#6 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted August 10 2017 - 7:42 AM

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Thanks everyone.


I accidentally froze all my ants 

#7 Offline Bracchymyrmex - Posted May 4 2018 - 8:54 AM

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Bringing back this topic because I just found 5 Camponotus subbarbatus queens huddled together in a small log. All were dealates and there were no workers, I'm inclined to believe that they flew yesterday. There was also a pretty large Myrmica spp. colony in the log with the Camponotus and they immediately attacked the queens as soon as I started ripping the log apart. 

Thoughts? 


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#8 Offline Canadian anter - Posted May 4 2018 - 12:30 PM

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I've seen records of pleometrophic Camponotus subbarbatus
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#9 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted May 4 2018 - 3:54 PM

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I have a polygynous camponotus subbarbatus colony but it was wild caught. The workers dragged the queens out into the oitworld for some reason and eventually accepted them. I have 2 colonies, 1 polygynous and 1 monogynous. The monogynous colony is doing a lot better with lots of eggs while the polygynous colony has about 12 or so eggs with 20 workers.

Edited by MegaMyrmex, May 4 2018 - 3:54 PM.

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.

 

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