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[AntPerson76]

I just caught 12 new colonies of Nylanderia Parvula on top of the one massive colony I already had, and I wasn't sure what to do with all of them. I was just going to grow them bigger then set them free, but maybe I could combine the queens. I've had a bad history with other colonies dying because of it, so I'm very hesitant. Do you think my Nylanderia queens would be fine with it?

[Virginian_ants]

I don't know much about Nylanderia Parvula , but I think you could try to have two or three together to see. I might start out good but then workers could arrive and they kill one of the queens t the way many ants work sadly.

[ANTdrew]

Are you certain you have parvula? Based solely off your timing and location, I think N. flavipes are a likely possibility for your queens. In any case, most of our local Nylanderia are not polygynous.

[AntPerson76]

Maybe I got the ID wrong. That's ok, I won't keep all of the queens anyway. 

[PurdueEntomology]

To my knowledge Nylanderia spp. are monogynous.

[AntPerson76]

Are you certain you have parvula? Based solely off your timing and location, I think N. flavipes are a likely possibility for your queens. In any case, most of our local Nylanderia are not polygynous.

your right, they are flavipes. I just got my ID wrong. i have a bigger colony of these ants that has at least 500 workers, and all this time, for three years almost, I never knew they were flavipes. Thanks for that correction.

Edited by AntPerson76, May 28 2023 - 4:50 AM.