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frackyboom: Colony in my compost (12. Jul 2012 14:00)

I'd just taken some trimmings to my compost bin to find a load of ants on top, and alone behold, some ready for their nuptial flights! ive captured one female and some workers in a test tube. Does anyone know the chances of her being fertilized?

frackyboom: Re: Colony in my compost (12. Jul 2012 14:21)

Ive just caught some more with wings and put them in the same test tube, i think i may have one queen, her gastix seems slightly bigger than the others

NuEM: Re: Colony in my compost (12. Jul 2012 14:22)

If you catch them before their nuptial flight the chance is just about zero. Wait until after it when you see them running around on the ground without their wings.