Anyone know life expectancy of Formica queens?
Yes I know. Hard question to answer.I am pretty sure I have Formica fusca or lemani. Would anyone happen to have heard life expectancy of their queens? I have been searching all over the net and in...
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Formica rufibarbis (Queen, Germany) 14 years.Formica sanguinea (Queen, Germany) 20 years.From the longevity table, pg. 169 in Holldobler & Wilson, The Ants. 1990. Harvard University Press. I'd say...
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My captive Formica colonies (nitidiventris, subsericea, schaufussi) have lived up to five years in captivity, then died of mite infestations! Some of these (schaufussi) were mature colonies captured...
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Myrmecos1, thank you for that information. It seems like I do have a long haul ahead of me! I will be passing the 100 worker point as soon as this years first brood eclose. But, my colony was caught...
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