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Unregistered(d)	Can two species coexist?		Lead	[-]
Posts: 0 04/17/2003 6:57 AM	Well, can two type of ant live in a single ant farm? Because it seems that another queen ant went into my new ant farm that has a young colony of tiny red ants. Will they be able to live together? [revised the title and fixed the typo] --antdude
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Merkava128	Re: 2 spesies co exist	#1	[url]	[-]
Henchant Posts: 1281 04/17/2003 2:34 PM	No, if they're different species they definitely can't coexist. In the wild, you can occasionally find two species living relatively 'close' together, but in a captive environment, more than likely someone will end up dead.
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Posts: 7 04/20/2003 1:34 PM	She might have just enjoyed the conditions there. She might like it a bit less when the reds mature and try to kill her >>>END TRANSMISSION<<<
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antforum	Re: .hmmm	#3	[url]	[-]
Minor Worker Ant Posts: 87 05/07/2003 8:23 PM	i find that suprisingly un true, yesterday i was moving some rocks around and I saw 2 diferent speices coexist under the same rock, i mean this rock was small about 20 pounds but these colonies were farely large so I think yes it is true antforum(partner with dave) http://www.geocities.com/antforum
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Merkava128	Re: Can two species coexist?	#4	[url]	[-]
Henchant Posts: 1281 05/07/2003 8:37 PM	He's asking if they could live together in the same farm. In the wild, colonies may make an effort to avoid each other so there isn't a war, but in an environment like that where they are forced to interact, something will 100% end up dead. Most of the time in those situations, the ants wall up tunnels that accidentally enter the others' nest, and stay to seperate foraging paths to avoid major conflict. However, if the two begin competing for resources, which is more likely if they're the same species, a war/conflict may occur.
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Posts: 0 05/13/2003 3:27 PM	There are 2 species in particular here in Illinois that coexist almost exclusively. One being a slave colony to the other. They can be found by cracking open walnuts and hickory nuts.
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