Solenopsis Invicta- how many queens is too much?
Last night there was a very strong downpour where I live. Â Subsequently, there was a huge nuptial flight this morning. Â I caught (more or less) about 92 Solenopsis Invicta queen ants. Â From what I...
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I say shove them all in a formicarium. It would be awesome to have a near instant large colony,. I think the workers will kill most of the queens later, as they usually only have one or two queens in...
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Ants4fun wrote:I saw shove them all in a formicarium. It would be awesome to have a near instant large colony,. I think the workers Wil kill most of the queens later, as they usually only have one or...
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Thanks antdude. I usually use my pc in which my browser has automatic grammer corrections.
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How would I start a colony with 20 queens? Would I start them in a tupperware container or something?
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You could put them inside a formicarium, or cram them inside a large test tube.
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Ants4fun wrote:Thanks antdude. I usually use my pc in which my browser has automatic grammer corrections.Good, but you have a typo.
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I'm sorry to say it will NOT work. According to Dr. Tschinkel in "The Fire Ants," The optimal number for colony founding is 2-4, but even then they will fight to the death eventually, and even the...
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Thanks for the info, didn't know that! Mine did fine together, though I guess I didn't get to the point of raising workers.
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That sounds like some credible information and I'm sure it is true- I am raising many colonies with 2-4 queens so this shouldnt be a problem with them. However, I have lots of queens to experiment...
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They are claustral, so they are made to stay a while without food. They should be fine.
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