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What do I do with alates?


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#1 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted June 2 2018 - 6:58 PM

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I caught S. Molesta alates, 6 male and 2 female, and I'm not so sure what to do from there on. Caught them in a nuptial flight, with a net when they were flying around and stuff. What should I do with them? 


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#2 Offline CatLord - Posted June 6 2018 - 4:28 AM

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I mean you can maybe leave the males or put them with the 2 queens keep the 2 queens in a test tube setup and release the males outside?



#3 Offline Mortamir - Posted June 6 2018 - 5:44 AM

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I would feed them to another colony I have. No waste!

#4 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted June 6 2018 - 9:21 AM

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Usually after a nuptial flight ends, the alates will no longer be interested in mating. I've tried breeding alates before, but it only works on the day I caught them. I'd say use them as food or release them.


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#5 Offline dermy - Posted June 6 2018 - 9:39 AM

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I caught S. Molesta alates, 6 male and 2 female, and I'm not so sure what to do from there on. Caught them in a nuptial flight, with a net when they were flying around and stuff. What should I do with them? 

If it was anything but Solenopsis I would have recommended that you kept the queens and fed off the males but since they are fire ants I'd just feed the queens off too 3:) .


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#6 Offline Ants_Texas - Posted June 6 2018 - 11:44 AM

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I caught S. Molesta alates, 6 male and 2 female, and I'm not so sure what to do from there on. Caught them in a nuptial flight, with a net when they were flying around and stuff. What should I do with them? 

If it was anything but Solenopsis I would have recommended that you kept the queens and fed off the males but since they are fire ants I'd just feed the queens off too 3:) .

 

Yeah that's true, but at least these aren't Solenopsis invicta or Solenopsis geminata


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