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Pheidole sp with only 5 majors

Started By NZAntKeeper , Oct 8 2016 10:06 PM

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#1 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 8 2016 - 10:06 PM

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Hey everyone so long story short my pheidole sp colony which had around 50 workers were in a natural nest and I tried to get them out into a test tube and found the queen and 5 majors no minors will my queen still survive will the majors feed the queen etc should I feed the colony only since there's 5 majors or does the queen feed them?

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-Nylanderia sp?
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-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#2 Offline Kevin - Posted October 9 2016 - 4:10 AM

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Did you dig them up? How could you be sure that all of the workers are dead? 


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#3 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 9 2016 - 9:39 AM

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Yea I dug them out all the minors were dead they must of suffocated

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#4 Offline Salmon - Posted October 9 2016 - 3:01 PM

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Yea I dug them out all the minors were dead they must of suffocated

What species were they? How deep did you have to dig?

I think they might be ok, since I've read pheidole majors participate in brood care. 


#5 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 9 2016 - 6:42 PM

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I don't know what type of pheidole they are and I didn't have to dig very deep in the natural nest

My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ

Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

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