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#1 Offline NikolaBale - Posted October 15 2017 - 5:40 AM

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Hello everyone!...So about m.pharaonis i have a few questions:

1.Do they hibernate?

2.How can i find the queen?

3.Do they have regular nuptial flights?

I've read that they actually mate inside the nest so that's why I'm asking about the nuptial flights but even so i've seen people keep them so there must be a way to catch a queen.

Further more if anyone has kept this sp bonus info would be appreciated.

 

Thank you! 



#2 Offline Phoenix - Posted October 15 2017 - 7:40 AM

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I Have Kept Them B4.

#1 - Live In SE Asia, Unable To Answer Inquiry.

#2 - Either Via Nuptial Flight, Or By Stumbling Onto A Budding Queen.

#3 - They're Invasive, They'll Fly Whenever Weather Permits. 


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Camponotus cf. albosparsus — Journal

Camponotus cf. auriventris — Journal
Camponotus sp.
Colobopsis spp.
Crematogaster sp.
Nylanderia sp.  Journal
Pheidole cf. parva
Solenopsis geminata — Journal
 

#3 Offline NikolaBale - Posted October 15 2017 - 9:20 AM

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I Have Kept Them B4.
#1 - Live In SE Asia, Unable To Answer Inquiry.
#2 - Either Via Nuptial Flight, Or By Stumbling Onto A Budding Queen.
#3 - They're Invasive, They'll Fly Whenever Weather Permits.

Kinda difficult catching it that way because as you say they are invasive so they don't have a specific time period that they fly...and further more I'm not even sure that queens even go outside to mate because i read that they mate inside the nest so by assuming that my best bet is to find a nest and take a few queens

#4 Offline Phoenix - Posted October 15 2017 - 9:38 AM

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I Have Kept Them B4.
#1 - Live In SE Asia, Unable To Answer Inquiry.
#2 - Either Via Nuptial Flight, Or By Stumbling Onto A Budding Queen.
#3 - They're Invasive, They'll Fly Whenever Weather Permits.

Kinda difficult catching it that way because as you say they are invasive so they don't have a specific time period that they fly...and further more I'm not even sure that queens even go outside to mate because i read that they mate inside the nest so by assuming that my best bet is to find a nest and take a few queens

 

Including A Few Workers, Those Queens Won't Make It Without Them.


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Camponotus cf. albosparsus — Journal

Camponotus cf. auriventris — Journal
Camponotus sp.
Colobopsis spp.
Crematogaster sp.
Nylanderia sp.  Journal
Pheidole cf. parva
Solenopsis geminata — Journal
 

#5 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 15 2017 - 5:36 PM

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They don't hibernate. Most tramp species do not even require hibernation :P


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#6 Offline skocko76 - Posted October 23 2017 - 9:44 AM

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NikolaBale,

 

my firends' appartment was infested with them (pharaoh ants). They knew nothing of ants and tried to get rid of them by spraying medicinal alcohol on them.

This triggered the colony to branch out. During the consequent days, there were literally streams of marching ants, a queen for every 20-30 workers. 

They have broken the colony into smaller "settler" units on a mission to find better nesting spots.

So if you know of a colony, try to agitate them with alcohol or lemon juice. Once they start to move, fill test tubes with queens (and workers).


Edited by skocko76, October 23 2017 - 9:48 AM.


#7 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 23 2017 - 10:39 AM

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NikolaBale,

 

my firends' appartment was infested with them (pharaoh ants). They knew nothing of ants and tried to get rid of them by spraying medicinal alcohol on them.

This triggered the colony to branch out. During the consequent days, there were literally streams of marching ants, a queen for every 20-30 workers. 

They have broken the colony into smaller "settler" units on a mission to find better nesting spots.

So if you know of a colony, try to agitate them with alcohol or lemon juice. Once they start to move, fill test tubes with queens (and workers).

well, i just learned a new method!


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Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
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Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps




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