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This is weird

Started By ZTYguy , Nov 24 2020 6:41 PM

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#1 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 24 2020 - 6:41 PM

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So my Acromyrmex colony with three queens is about five months old now and I had expected the queens to have their death match by now but I don’t think they are ever going to have it. This is kind of making me happy but I don’t want to hold my breathe if this is still to early. What are your ideas on what is going on?

Currently: Considering moving to Australia
Reason: Myrmecia

#2 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 24 2020 - 6:43 PM

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5months isn't long enough. Give it a year or 2. Or you got lucky and got sisters.

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#3 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 24 2020 - 6:44 PM

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I think they are probably sisters. They are so cute when they clean each other.

Currently: Considering moving to Australia
Reason: Myrmecia

#4 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 24 2020 - 6:52 PM

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Lol, I hope I get Acromyrmex next year. Its gonna be my main focus.

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#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 24 2020 - 7:02 PM

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Acromyrmex versicolor are truly polygynous to my knowledge.

My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#6 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 24 2020 - 7:18 PM

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Acromyrmex versicolor are truly polygynous to my knowledge.

In some areas they are, correct. California Acromyrmex are not poly unless they are sisters. At least at the area they are most populated at. There is some pocketed areas that have poly Acromyrmex but are hard to get to, and very small.

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