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Post by tomorrownight on Oct 27, 2009 7:45:39 GMT
does anyone know if it would be possible to have a Messor barbarus and Messor Ebenius colonies sharing the same foraging tank? would they fight?
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Post by Kyle on Oct 27, 2009 12:18:33 GMT
there might not be a lot of fighting when they are small but when they grow and they need to compete for more food then yes they will.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Oct 27, 2009 15:40:09 GMT
I know that Messor barbs won't tolerate workers from other Messor barbarus nests, and they also kill newly mated queens of the same species to if they wander into the nest area. My advice would be don't mix the 2 species at all, as they are bound to fight and may even kill off one or both of the queens, leading to the death of either one or both of the colonies
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