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Virginia’s Pheidole morissii Queen Journal( discontinued )

Started By KitsAntVa , Jun 26 2020 8:59 AM
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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted June 26 2020 - 8:59 AM

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Pheidole morissii. Habits, Traits,
-Pheidole morissii are a calm species at the beginning until they get their soldiers (big headed ants).
- They react surprisingly well to moving or any circumstances that involve you (the keeper) being there.
- Their preferred temperatures around around 85 degrees (Fahrenheit) 29 degrees (Celsius)
- active species once taken care of in even a test tube. My Queen laid her eggs just 3 hours after taking her from her founding chamber she’s had dug!
- Lays a batch of eggs in one day around 15 to be exact and hovers over them until they enclose into workers. Like many other queens she does not lay tons and then just stop she lays a small batch and conserves her muscle energy for her food and to feed her larvae.


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Once her eggs enclose I will update this further: estimated time 3,4 weeks.

Edited by KitsAntVa, July 15 2020 - 6:05 PM.

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#2 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted June 26 2020 - 9:02 AM

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I would also like to know if I should give her some pupae from a Pheidole bicarinata colony in my backyard. They won’t mind but I’m really tempted to but also not Confusing I know but they are so close to a appearance of a different species FIRE ANTS SMALL FIRE ANTS.



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#3 Offline AntsDakota - Posted June 26 2020 - 9:09 AM

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A brood boost won’t hurt. Even if they are Solenopsis, the queen would just eat the pupae. So it would be a ‘food boost’.

Edited by AntsDakota, June 26 2020 - 9:09 AM.

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#4 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted June 26 2020 - 9:11 AM

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Oh uuuuuhhh Nice! So I it’s gonna be great either way!
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#5 Offline 123LordOfAnts123 - Posted June 26 2020 - 9:12 AM

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This queen is Pheidole morrisii, not P. bicarinata.
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#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 26 2020 - 9:16 AM

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This queen is Pheidole morrisii, not P. bicarinata.

Even better! She seems way bigger than my bicarinata queens. Good luck!
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#7 Offline Antkid12 - Posted June 26 2020 - 9:33 AM

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This queen is Pheidole morrisii, not P. bicarinata.

Even better! She seems way bigger than my bicarinata queens. Good luck!

 

Pheidole morrisii are awesome, they have huge colonies, they have lots of majors, are speedy in brood development, and  are polygynous southeast!


Edited by Antkid12, June 30 2020 - 12:19 PM.

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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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#8 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted June 26 2020 - 10:23 AM

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Hmm thought it was a different one the whole time I guess I’ll change up the names
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