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Abnormally long egg hatch time

Started By Jonathan5608 , Oct 3 2023 7:35 PM

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#1 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted October 3 2023 - 7:35 PM

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I caught a bunch of pheidole tysoni queens back in mid July but all of them but one are taking an absurdly long time for their eggs to hatch. It’s been three months and they’re still sitting on them. Only one of them went on to get workers and recently got her first major. Are these other ones just duds or infertile.

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 4 2023 - 2:04 AM

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They are probably unmated queens.
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#3 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted October 4 2023 - 4:04 AM

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yes , probably infertile.  if you have a loupe or 40X lens you could look and see if some are shriveled, this would indicate infertility.


#4 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted October 4 2023 - 8:25 AM

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yes , probably infertile. if you have a loupe or 40X lens you could look and see if some are shriveled, this would indicate infertility.

there all piled and up and look fresh but won’t hatch. Most of them also shed their wings. It is very strange.

#5 Offline OiledOlives - Posted October 4 2023 - 9:31 AM

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I had the same behavior with a bunch of infertile Pheidole dentata queens.


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#6 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted October 4 2023 - 10:05 AM

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I had the same behavior with a bunch of infertile Pheidole dentata queens.

isn’t it a bit odd though that only one queen would be fertile out of the 10+ queens I caught on different days no less

#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 4 2023 - 12:46 PM

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Why do you need more than one?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#8 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted October 4 2023 - 12:59 PM

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Why do you need more than one?

I wanna play around with captive breeding.
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