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#1 Offline Unfrozen - Posted July 2 2019 - 11:34 AM

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I couldn't find my last test tube. Later I was walking down a sidewalk and remembered it's in my bag do I check and I have it I look down and see a tetramorium queen (first catch of this year) moving in circles. This queen has something (I presume it's a worker that attacked it) Stuck to her leg one of her etana were gone and she has double walking and moving around in general. Can this queen still raise a colony and would brood boosting her (like 5 pupea) help her out

#2 Offline AntPhycho - Posted July 2 2019 - 1:09 PM

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I couldn't find my last test tube. Later I was walking down a sidewalk and remembered it's in my bag do I check and I have it I look down and see a tetramorium queen (first catch of this year) moving in circles. This queen has something (I presume it's a worker that attacked it) Stuck to her leg one of her etana were gone and she has double walking and moving around in general. Can this queen still raise a colony and would brood boosting her (like 5 pupea) help her out

Usually, if a leg is injured or missing she will most likely die. Just yesterday I found a S. xyloni queen with a segment of her leg missing, I found her dead the next day. 


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#3 Offline Canadian anter - Posted July 2 2019 - 8:54 PM

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I couldn't find my last test tube. Later I was walking down a sidewalk and remembered it's in my bag do I check and I have it I look down and see a tetramorium queen (first catch of this year) moving in circles. This queen has something (I presume it's a worker that attacked it) Stuck to her leg one of her etana were gone and she has double walking and moving around in general. Can this queen still raise a colony and would brood boosting her (like 5 pupea) help her out

Unless she was stung several times she should be fine. I've raised many colonies with damaged queens
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#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 3 2019 - 6:25 AM

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I couldn't find my last test tube. Later I was walking down a sidewalk and remembered it's in my bag do I check and I have it I look down and see a tetramorium queen (first catch of this year) moving in circles. This queen has something (I presume it's a worker that attacked it) Stuck to her leg one of her etana were gone and she has double walking and moving around in general. Can this queen still raise a colony and would brood boosting her (like 5 pupea) help her out

Unless she was stung several times she should be fine. I've raised many colonies with damaged queens


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#5 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 3 2019 - 7:47 AM

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Yet if a queen loses an antennae, she will most likely live.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version





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