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Aphaenogaster rudis Breeding Project (Updated 6-14-19) Success?!


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#1 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 2 2019 - 7:16 AM

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I will be attempting to breed the alates from my Aphaenogaster rudis colonies, as they mate on the ground. I will get pics of this happening. I will be introducing males and females from my different colonies and put them into a small tank. Hopefully this will succeed, so I can start some new colonies, and we'll the rest.

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#2 Offline mike.omeg - Posted June 2 2019 - 10:53 AM

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Please let us know your techniques if successful so we can try on our own colonies.  Thanks!


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#3 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 2 2019 - 11:12 AM

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Will do! I am collecting the second and third colonies today, so I will definitely document my processes here!
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#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 3 2019 - 5:15 AM

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Alates in colony #2 have hatched. All females so far.
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#5 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted June 4 2019 - 5:26 PM

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Keep in mind you should replicate natural flying conditions, such as the sun hitting the nest via heating bulb, and humidity via spray bottle. Good luck!
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#6 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 5 2019 - 4:48 AM

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Apparently these fly during the night time....

#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 14 2019 - 5:51 PM

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I found a few males in a colony under a rock, and put them and a single queen from my colony into a box. I put that box in a dark cabinet for about an hour. When I came back, the queen is missing 2 wings, and one males looks to be dying! I will put some more queens in and repeat. I will set the queens up in a test tube and wait for workers.
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#8 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted June 14 2019 - 6:22 PM

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Wow! That would be really cool if this worked! :D
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#9 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 14 2019 - 6:24 PM

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Yeah I can't wait!




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