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Myrmecocystus queen question

Started By AntsCali098 , Dec 22 2022 6:16 PM

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#1 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted December 22 2022 - 6:16 PM

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Today I noticed this white structure on my Myrmecocystus mexicanas

Is this a reason for concern or is it normal?
Thanks in advance.

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#2 Offline T.C. - Posted December 22 2022 - 9:32 PM

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White structure? I am unsure what you are referring to.

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#3 Offline UtahAnts - Posted December 22 2022 - 9:33 PM

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I believe it's just the membrane of the queens crop, or whatever the correct terminology is. You can see something similar on the abdomen of the queen below.

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#4 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted December 23 2022 - 9:31 AM

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I believe it's just the membrane of the queens crop, or whatever the correct terminology is. You can see something similar on the abdomen of the queen below.

That’s what I suspected. Thanks

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#5 Offline FinWins - Posted December 23 2022 - 10:04 AM

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Ok, so a while back I bought two M. mexicanas queens. One had the structure and the other didn’t, then upon further investigation the structure seemed to be some sort of injury because it would come up off the “skin” of the queen if something rubbed against it the way a half peeled off scab would. However the most interesting thing was that the queen without the injury died but the one with it survived!

Mine only had the front of the gaster though.

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