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thecowmaster: Messor barbarus Nupcial fligths :D (5. Nov 2009 23:23)

In the last month, in the middle of it, there were nupcial fligths.

In one of them all my neighberhood got covered by Messor barbarus males, and no queens -.- but when I was walking in the street my sister found a queen with no wings! Guess what... someone had steped on the her, and the could walk anymore, I caugth her but she died some days after.

In a second nupcial fligth I caught 4 queens with wings, and more or less 20 males, and I kept them together to see if they would mate... But nothing happened, the males now all have gone, and there are only left the queens, now I have them in tubes with water, to see if happens something.

In that day my mother caught in the street a queen with no wings, no is in a tube too... Now what is need is pacience.

Creature: Re: Messor Barbarus Nupcial fligths :D (6. Nov 2009 07:19)

Seems that you are out of luck :(

So guess what , i wish you luck ^^

Please make some Pictures. I would like to see your ants

thecowmaster: Re: Messor Barbarus Nupcial fligths :D (6. Nov 2009 19:35)

Yeah I will do that, but my camera does't have a very good quality

Lewis: Re: Messor Barbarus Nupcial fligths :D (6. Nov 2009 21:36)

oh well check out my Messors jut next to your topic :grin:
i have some average pics :wink:

thecowmaster: Re: Messor barbarus Nupcial fligths :D (11. Nov 2009 01:45)

Here is a foto from the queens. Not close shot, only on the containers... :grin: :grin:

Creature: Re: Messor barbarus Nupcial fligths :D (11. Nov 2009 06:10)

But you cant keep them in these Tubes. They will die without a water storage

thecowmaster: Re: Messor barbarus Nupcial fligths :D (11. Nov 2009 20:43)

Yeah I know... But i sometimes moister the bottom of the tube (there is some cotton in there), I am waiting to some testing tubes arrive, at the moment I only have these