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Post by me33y on Jul 14, 2010 10:01:34 GMT 1
I put together, five winged female ants, with lots of winged male ants from another colony, to see if they would mate, as I want to start my own colony. the nest where i got the male ant from is about a mile away from where i got the winged females. One of my females adomen is alot larger than the other. Does this mean she has mated? or if not, will these ants ever mate?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2010 11:37:18 GMT 1
Assuming you have L. niger, they will not mate until they are several hundred meters high in the air.
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Post by me33y on Jul 14, 2010 14:02:46 GMT 1
Wow, I never knew that, and yes, they are L. Niger
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Post by Myrm on Jul 14, 2010 14:39:52 GMT 1
i put together, five winged female ants, with lots of winged male ants from another colony, to see if they would mate, as i want to start my own colony. the nest where i got the male ant from is about a mile away from where i got the winged females...one of my females adomen is alot larger than the other...does this mean she has mated? or if not, will these ants ever mate? Ants only mate in certain conditions and just simply putting "boy" ants and "girl" ants together doesn't mean they will mate. Ideally you should just capture a newly mated queen after the mating flights have taken place. Generally, a queen will remove her wings immediately after mating, though sometimes some may wait until they have found a suitable nesting site.
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Post by me33y on Jul 14, 2010 15:21:46 GMT 1
Thankyou so much for this information. it was really useful, and i couldn't find it anywhere on the internet whether it was possible
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