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Solenopsis invicta Multi-queen colonies | RIFA Experiment(s)

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#21 Offline Canadian anter - Posted June 5 2018 - 8:09 PM

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I feel like Solenopsis invicta is actually pretty beautiful. Sad they're invasive.


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#22 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted June 6 2018 - 5:23 AM

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I feel like Solenopsis invicta is actually pretty beautiful. Sad they're invasive.

I agree with this 100%

 

Very cool ants. I know they're invasive and all, but that's people's fault. They're just trying to adapt and survive like any other creature. I'm not saying RIFA is good, I'm just saying they are very cool despite all the hate they get.


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#23 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted June 6 2018 - 9:23 AM

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I feel like Solenopsis invicta is actually pretty beautiful. Sad they're invasive.

I agree with this 100%

 

Very cool ants. I know they're invasive and all, but that's people's fault. They're just trying to adapt and survive like any other creature. I'm not saying RIFA is good, I'm just saying they are very cool despite all the hate they get.

 

Fun to keep, bad to release. Or at least, that's how I see it.


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#24 Offline T.C. - Posted June 16 2018 - 9:58 AM

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Several of the colonies were dumped together, and apparently nobody murdered eachother. Other colonies already have 30ish, workers. The one colony that all got dumped together i think has over 20 queens. No deaths yet.
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#25 Offline Barristan - Posted June 16 2018 - 10:16 AM

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Maybe that's why they are so successful in spreading I wonder how many queens found a new colony together and stay polygynouse after first workers.

#26 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 16 2018 - 10:57 AM

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I feel like Solenopsis invicta is actually pretty beautiful. Sad they're invasive.

I agree with this 100%
 
Very cool ants. I know they're invasive and all, but that's people's fault. They're just trying to adapt and survive like any other creature. I'm not saying RIFA is good, I'm just saying they are very cool despite all the hate they get.
I agree. They are very cool looking ants. Especially the queens!

#27 Offline Aaron567 - Posted June 16 2018 - 4:52 PM

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Dumped?



#28 Offline T.C. - Posted June 16 2018 - 10:49 PM

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a few of the multiqueen colonies where all put together.
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#29 Offline T.C. - Posted June 21 2018 - 2:51 PM

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They killed one queen....



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#30 Offline LIFEsize - Posted June 21 2018 - 3:32 PM

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I'm curious how you plan to contain them. It would be cool if you make a video of the multi-queens being dumped together!



#31 Offline yfaykya - Posted April 11 2019 - 4:25 AM

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Any update here? :-)



#32 Offline T.C. - Posted April 12 2019 - 9:40 PM

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#33 Offline AntPhycho - Posted May 17 2019 - 8:44 PM

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Did the colonies die? 


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#34 Offline T.C. - Posted April 5 2022 - 8:00 PM

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UPDATE ON THESE:

 

The colonies got overwhelming and they couldn't be contained as expected. They were froze.

 

Take Note: The queens never killed each other.


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#35 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 5 2022 - 8:38 PM

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I wonder if feasibly you could have a 100 queen colony and I wonder if breeding within the colony would take place. It might help researchers understand more of RIFA’s behaviors in the wild.


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