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Odontomachus Queen

Started By Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* , Mar 21 2022 8:47 AM

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#1 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted March 21 2022 - 8:47 AM

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(She didn’t lay eggs for a bit and eat them in January)In December, I captured a queen Odontomachus who was fighting with another Odontomachus(I am sure she is queen Because I have seen her ocelli) She has a damaged antennae(Missing half of it) and seems to have trouble decreeing food… if she is mated and has workers, will this be a problem? Also, I am unaware of the spieces and it is challenging to put a queen under a microscope… She does have all of her eggs in a cluster, but in Aaron’s Journel his queen was unmated and did the same…

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 21 2022 - 8:59 AM

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I've had queens with missing legs or antennae successfully found colonies, so it shouldn’t affect her too much. Odontomachus also have a tendency to lay eggs even when infertile, so you can’t be 100% sure she is fertile until she gets workers.
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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/

#3 Offline Daniel - Posted March 21 2022 - 6:20 PM

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I've had queens with missing legs or antennae successfully found colonies, so it shouldn’t affect her too much. Odontomachus also have a tendency to lay eggs even when infertile, so you can’t be 100% sure she is fertile until she gets workers.


I second this first part. I have an Acromyrmex versicolor queen with only one antenna and she gets along and produces just fine.
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#4 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted March 21 2022 - 7:35 PM

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Okay! Thanks for the answers. I was worried as she seemed less active then all my other Odontomachus queens.

#5 Offline ZTYguy - Posted March 22 2022 - 3:19 PM

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Okay! Thanks for the answers. I was worried as she seemed less active then all my other Odontomachus queens.


There could always be a difference in activity in different species and even just queen to queen.
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#6 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted March 28 2022 - 3:50 PM

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It’s not a full antenna gone, just half… idk if this makes a difference though
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