binksyboy3
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Location : Hertfordshire, England
Registration date : 2009-03-05
 | | Subject: Prodominantly one sex 1/7/2010, 5:54 am | |
| Ok, after sexing my nine 4i emps I have discovered that they are all female apart from one of them. Do emps normally give birth to prodominantly one sex or is this just a massive coincidence?
The only background reading i can find on this is that they normally give birth to a ratio of 1:1??
Edit: I have just read that the sex ratio of babies is not temperature dependant for this sp either? | |
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gromgroms
Centruroides
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Age : 34
Location : columbus ohio
Registration date : 2009-12-04
| | Subject: Re: Prodominantly one sex 1/7/2010, 8:07 am | |
| i dont know per say, but congrats on the babies!
and you now have 4 more baby makers! | |
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binksyboy3
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| | Subject: Re: Prodominantly one sex 1/7/2010, 9:00 am | |
| Thanks, but i have 9 4th instar scorps whereas i think you thought i meant 4 baby emps.  | |
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Mr. Mordax
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| | Subject: Re: Prodominantly one sex 1/7/2010, 10:38 am | |
| Did you have deaths from this brood? It's possible you were just unlucky and males died. | |
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gromgroms
Centruroides
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Location : columbus ohio
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| | Subject: Re: Prodominantly one sex 1/7/2010, 1:33 pm | |
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binksyboy3
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Number of posts : 1690
Age : 30
Location : Hertfordshire, England
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| | Subject: Re: Prodominantly one sex 1/7/2010, 4:51 pm | |
| - Mr. Mordax wrote:
- Did you have deaths from this brood? It's possible you were just unlucky and males died.
One scorp was eaten before i could sex it and that might imply that a couple others (i was adamant that i had about 15) at the start but only ever found remains of the one i know was eaten - so i guess its possible. Quite unusual then i take it?  | |
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