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Do Tapinoma sessile mate in the nest?


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#1 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 6 2018 - 5:28 PM

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So I got a small colony on Easter this year. I gave them some larvae I got from a colony under a rock. Well, let's just say those larvae, were not workers....(They turned out to be alates).

#2 Offline Major - Posted August 15 2018 - 6:33 AM

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Yes.

#3 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted August 15 2018 - 6:46 AM

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Ooh. I have a 3 queen colony of Tapinoma sessile . I don't know much about them. Just to clarify, they do mate inside the nest?


Aphaenogaster cf. rudis 

Tetramorium immigrans 

Tapinoma sessile

Formica subsericea

Pheidole sp.

Camponotus nearcticus


#4 Offline Major - Posted August 15 2018 - 7:00 AM

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Ooh. I have a 3 queen colony of Tapinoma sessile . I don't know much about them. Just to clarify, they do mate inside the nest?


Yes. Tapinoma Sessile do mate in the nest. Queens also don't live as long as others.
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#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted August 15 2018 - 12:08 PM

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Thanks!




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