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Which species accept new queens?

Started By soulsynapse , Feb 21 2017 7:37 PM

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#1 Offline soulsynapse - Posted February 21 2017 - 7:37 PM

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Sorry this is so similar to my other topic!

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#2 Offline Martialis - Posted February 21 2017 - 7:50 PM

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Most polygyne species. Sorry I can't give a better answer.

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#3 Offline soulsynapse - Posted February 21 2017 - 7:51 PM

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That.. would make sense

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#4 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted February 21 2017 - 8:04 PM

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Solenopsis invicta and Argentines

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#5 Offline Serafine - Posted February 22 2017 - 12:06 AM

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Solenopsis fugax (they accept new queens after founding).

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#6 Offline dermy - Posted February 22 2017 - 12:14 AM

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Can you be more specific? Like sometimes colonies will have multiple queens [Polygyne species] at the founding stage but if you try to add any new queens after they are already established [after a few generations of workers] they are more likely [usually the workers] to kill queens. At least for the most part that seems to happen in most Myrmica Sp. colonies I've tried to "add new" queens to.

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#7 Offline LC3 - Posted February 22 2017 - 1:38 AM

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There are many many many species that are polygynous, with some species only having certain populations that are, to list them all would be very cumbersome for someone let alone scrolling through the list to find one species of ant. It would be much better if you be more specific (i.e a certain kind of polygynous behaviour or a specific species or genus).