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#1 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:04 PM

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Any tips on this sp. i never kept a solenopsis colony and need all the help I can get.Thanks in Advance.

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#2 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:37 PM

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they are fully clausteral and need lots of darkness.

source: i trying to raise one as of right now and it's working so far
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1 Solenopsis Xyloni

#3 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:42 PM

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Its acoliny with 3 queens and about 75 workers

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#4 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:46 PM

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3 queens, i thought they only accepted one
they seem to eat anything
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Current Queens:
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1 Solenopsis Xyloni

#5 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:53 PM

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Nahh and i feed them termites but them seem to only kill it the queens have only been here 1 1/2 days and are laying eggs!

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#6 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:56 PM

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Solenopsis molesta are polygynous.


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#7 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:57 PM

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Solenopsis molesta are polygynous.

yeah I forgot the word.

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#8 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 4 2015 - 8:03 PM

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i remember in drew's journal that they killed one of the queens
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Current Queens:
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1 Solenopsis Xyloni

#9 Offline Ants4fun - Posted May 4 2015 - 8:04 PM

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It can vary from colony to colony.
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#10 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 4 2015 - 8:04 PM

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i remember in drew's journal that they killed one of the queens

that's probably because the two colonies were not in the founding stage together.

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#11 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 4 2015 - 8:07 PM

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ohhh, hey greg, u wanna give me some of your queens, so i can do what antteen does?
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Current Queens:
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1 Solenopsis Xyloni

#12 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted May 4 2015 - 9:56 PM

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ohhh, hey greg, u wanna give me some of your queens, so i can do what antteen does?

He caught his colony as a colony from the wild. I do not even know if I will have any fertile ones.






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