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[EstuaryAnts]

Is this queen fertile? I'm pretty sure she probably isn't but I want to be sure before I feed her to my Solenopsis Invicta colony or my Monomorium Minimum colony.

 

https://drive.google...UEljNE5QNEgwZU0

Edited by EstuaryAnts, June 15 2016 - 9:10 AM.

[Loops117]

[Gregory2455]

Never know. I have had queens with wings make workers and queens without wings turn out to be infertile. The only way to be sure is wait and see.

 

*In my experience, Crematogaster queens specifically forget to shed their wings very often though so I would definitely wait and see.

Edited by Gregory2455, June 15 2016 - 12:37 AM.

[EstuaryAnts]

Never know. I have had queens with wings make workers and queens without wings turn out to be infertile. The only way to be sure is wait and see.

 

*In my experience, Crematogaster queens specifically forget to shed their wings very often though so I would definitely wait and see.

Thanks!

lol sorry I forgot to add my pic!

[James C. Trager]

I second the recommendation to hold on to her and see if she's fertile. A colony of C. laeviuscula would be a good thing.