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#1 Offline CatLord - Posted May 31 2018 - 4:22 AM

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So i was out with 2 friends at around 21:30 and my friend show a queen down and i always have complete test tube setups with me and suddenly queens start swarming the ground it was chaos i show and caught some pulling their wings and most them had already pulled them we tottaly caught like 15 i checked all of the are the same species some already have eggs they are around 0.8-0.9 cm 

 

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#2 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted May 31 2018 - 4:24 AM

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Pheidole sp.


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#3 Offline CatLord - Posted May 31 2018 - 4:35 AM

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Pheidole sp

can we be sure if its polygenous cause i wanna try to create a multiple queen colony you get it

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#4 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted May 31 2018 - 4:54 AM

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Most Pheidole are polygynous. You could try mixing queens, but monitor them closely for an hour or two to make sure they don't fight. If they do, separate them immediately.



#5 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted May 31 2018 - 10:37 AM

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Pheidole pallidula probably.







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