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Aphaenogaster question, polygenious?


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#1 Offline Roll Me-Wan Kenobi - Posted June 21 2021 - 9:55 AM

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I recently captured two Aphaenogaster sp. queens in Indianapolis, Indiana from a small nest along a forest trail. When I peeled back a leaf to reveal the nest two queens were present with ~20 workers. I looked on the ant care sheets and it says Aphaenogaster is monogene, but I am pretty sure the two queens I caught came out of the same nest. Are some species of Aphaenogaster polygene and some monogene?

 

I have the queens in a separate test tube each with one of the workers. It has been a few days since capture, if I move them back into the same tube will they play nice?

 

Thank you for any advice.


Edited by Roll Me-Wan Kenobi, June 21 2021 - 9:56 AM.

Currently keeping:

 

Species                    Colony Size

Aphaenogaster sp.   100+ 

C. castaneus            6  

C. pennsylvanicus    50+

F. pallidefulva           20

F. fusca                    50+

L. niger                    100+

T. immigrans            8


#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 21 2021 - 10:26 AM

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If they came from the same nest they should accept each other.




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