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Inbreeding ant that will live at room 15 decrees celsius

Started By Bradley , Feb 27 2024 1:39 PM

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#1 Offline Bradley - Posted February 27 2024 - 1:39 PM

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Is there an ant that will inbreed and tolerate room temperature? Our house gets to 15 degrees Celsius in the winter and I am fascinated by inbreeding ant species.
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#2 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted February 27 2024 - 2:21 PM

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I believe that S. molesta can inbreed at room temperature. I keep a few colonies myself, but they have not reached maturity (producing alate’s yet). But from what I’ve seen in HUGE and absolute MEGA colonies, they can inbreed and (usually, if not always) have more than one queen at that stage in development or growth.
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Keeping:

3x - S. molesta 

1x - C. chromaiodes

2x - F. pallidefulva

2x - C. cerasi

1x - B. depilis

2x P. imparis (colonies) 3x P. imparis queens (1x queen in test tube, 3x queens in test tube, and 6x queens in another test tube. Can't wait to see the results!)

 

Check out my C. chromaiodes journal here: https://www.formicul...aiodes-journal/

#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted February 27 2024 - 2:41 PM

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Where are you located? it helps to know what species are in your area
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My journals:

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/

#4 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 27 2024 - 3:28 PM

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Is there an ant that will inbreed and tolerate room temperature? Our house gets to 15 degrees Celsius in the winter and I am fascinated by inbreeding ant species.

You can find ants that can *survive* at 15 C (Monomorium pharaonis, Solenopsis molesta) but you will not find any that are able to grow at those temperatures. I find most species I keep don't grow much at all until around 24 C.

 

It would likely be better to get a cheap heat cable (~35 CAD or 30 USD) so that you can keep those inbreeding species without issue.


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#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 27 2024 - 6:03 PM

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#6 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted February 28 2024 - 12:14 AM

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Intranatal  or sib-mating would be more appropriate instead of inbreeding as this term includes closely related relatives not necessarily siblings.  Now in a polygynous colony which experiences intranatal or sib-mating, inbreeding may occur in the broader definition of the term as the mothers of the reproductive offspring that are mating within a colony may not be related at all or may be, it is just a toss of coin on who mates with whom and who's mother was who. 


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#7 Offline Bradley - Posted March 2 2024 - 1:26 PM

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Where are you located? it helps to know what species are in your area

I live in Herefordshire England 🇬🇧
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#8 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 2 2024 - 1:32 PM

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Where are you located? it helps to know what species are in your area

I live in Herefordshire England

 

You should post your location in your profile.


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Currently keeping
1.Camponotus vicinus. 5 workers
2.Camponotus modoc. 5 workers
3. Camponotus hyatti. 1 worker
4.Veromessor pergandei. founding
5 Linepithema humile. 70-100 workers 5 queens
6. Pheidole Californica. 65 workers

I want: Atta,Myrmecia,Myrmica,Myrmecocystus
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