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Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Started By KitsAntVa , Jul 8 2020 3:05 PM

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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 8 2020 - 3:05 PM

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Can I introduce a black carpenter ant worker to a different black carpenter ant colony and they will take that worker in?
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#2 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 8 2020 - 3:06 PM

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I’m not sure if that will work for this species.

#3 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 8 2020 - 3:39 PM

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It won't. Camponotus are aggressive towards foreign workers. 


"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

#4 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 8 2020 - 3:46 PM

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Perhaps foreign brood (pupae/larvae) could be taken and given to them though.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 8 2020 - 3:48 PM

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Perhaps foreign brood (pupae/larvae) could be taken and given to them though.

Yeah, they'd  probably take it in.


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#6 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 8 2020 - 3:49 PM

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Perhaps foreign brood (pupae/larvae) could be taken and given to them though.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that would work. Although queens are extremely aggressive and will kill foreign workers.


"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

#7 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 8 2020 - 4:00 PM

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I’ve heard of taking a queen from another colony and putting it in a colony that has no queen and they accepted her.


- thanks for the advice but I probably won’t find any brood.

Edited by KitsAntVa, July 8 2020 - 4:00 PM.

We don’t talk about that

#8 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 9 2020 - 5:41 AM

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I’ve heard of taking a queen from another colony and putting it in a colony that has no queen and they accepted her.


- thanks for the advice but I probably won’t find any brood.

Even adding a queen to a queen-less colony won’t always work. Often times the workers will kill it.

#9 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 9 2020 - 5:59 AM

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Just be patient and let the colony grow the old fashioned way.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#10 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 9 2020 - 7:02 AM

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Just be patient and let the colony grow the old fashioned way.

I find this is always the most rewarding, as you are able to see the whole process of the colony growing.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

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