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#1 Offline BeginnerAntKeeper - Posted June 28 2018 - 12:15 AM

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I used to have 2 Crematogaster colonies but 1 of them died, should I transfer the remaining workers to my other colony of Crematogaster? Maybe not because I don’t know if they are same species

#2 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted June 28 2018 - 3:36 AM

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From my limited understanding, workers won't join and will fight the other colony to the death, but if there is any brood the other colony will accept those.



#3 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 28 2018 - 3:53 AM

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If you keep them separate for at least a week, the colony scent of the queenless one should go down, and then you can try introduce them one or a few at a time.

 

It worked when introduced two nanitics and brood to another small Camoponotus suffus colony, but there was some minor aggressive behaviour.

That was small scale, may not work with more mature colonies


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#4 Offline BeginnerAntKeeper - Posted June 28 2018 - 9:45 PM

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If you keep them separate for at least a week, the colony scent of the queenless one should go down, and then you can try introduce them one or a few at a time.

It worked when introduced two nanitics and brood to another small Camoponotus suffus colony, but there was some minor aggressive behaviour.
That was small scale, may not work with more mature colonies


If so then it should work because the queenless ones have been sitting there for a month and they also suffered a huge nanitic die-off before the queen died so it should be fine. No brood I think. I’m more concerned about the species because I can’t tell if their same species

#5 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 29 2018 - 2:54 AM

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If you keep them separate for at least a week, the colony scent of the queenless one should go down, and then you can try introduce them one or a few at a time.

It worked when introduced two nanitics and brood to another small Camoponotus suffus colony, but there was some minor aggressive behaviour.
That was small scale, may not work with more mature colonies


If so then it should work because the queenless ones have been sitting there for a month and they also suffered a huge nanitic die-off before the queen died so it should be fine. No brood I think. I’m more concerned about the species because I can’t tell if their same species

 

 

see my thread here on my success

http://www.formicult...rs/?hl=suffusus

 

 

At least with Camponotus, I have seen other mix workers from different species, even radically different looking ones :)


Edited by CoolColJ, June 29 2018 - 2:55 AM.

Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/





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