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Dorymyrmex Bureni

Started By Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* , Apr 3 2022 8:22 PM

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#1 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 3 2022 - 8:22 PM

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Greetings!
I recently caught a D. bureni queen,(Will post pictures to confirm ID) and I have skimmed through enderAnts journal, is there anything I should know? I found this queen with wings, so I put her with a male(probably didn’t mate with him) and she removed her wings the next day. I have her wings still, as I don’t know if she will use them as a source of protein, as army ants will use the queens suitor male’s wings for the brood…(Or so I heard). The last queen I found in the wild had 2 wings off with her, the others gone. Did these blow away?

Also, what is up with the gaster? Should I be concerned? Is this sperm or eggs? Is this a normal look?

Sorry about the questions and/or grammatical or spelling errors,

And thanks!
(I can’t really use my macrolense because I already stashed her away)

#2 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 4 2022 - 1:18 PM

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Here photos

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#3 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 7 2022 - 7:39 PM

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Anybody with experience? Bumping the topic up.

#4 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 7 2022 - 7:48 PM

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I genuinely do not see anything wrong with her gaster. It looks completely normal.

Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.