Camponotus snellingi to boost C. chromaiodes?
I found a colony of what I am fairly certain is Camponotus snellingi today and was wondering if it would work to boost my Camponotus chromaiodes with some eggs, larvae, or pupae. She hasn't laid any...
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They are in the same genus, so I would guess that it would have a higher chance of success than boosting with brood from ants outside the genus. That being said, I'm not quite sure how high of a...
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I once boosted a C. (Myrmentoma) nearcticus queen with some very young C. (Camponotus) chromaiodes brood, and one nanitic survived to adulthood and not only lived for months, but probably did more for...
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I think your species ID is correct. As for the boosting question, all I can say is give it a try.
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So I put two pupae and a few larvae in with this queen a few days ago. I want to say I put a few eggs in as well but I can't remember for sure. I did it by putting them in a new test tube and...
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Scotth87, I have two queens of Camponotus vagus, when I caught first one, I put a worker with her, just collected worker of her species and put them together, they accepted each other, probably as...
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I don't believe I would be able to find her mother nest. I found her in a dead log on a trail in the woods about a half hour from my house. On the same day I only found one Camponotus sp. colony and...
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