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Is it safe to offer live in their tube or should I wait until the out world is made? I will have my husband pick up a pinhead tomorrow at work to offer variety. I know these ladies tend to go off food quite quickly!

It's been too long to edit but when I came home today the queen was holding an egg!
https://imgur.com/a/60fiE8a

I recently purchased an Odontomachus brunneus queen. She arrived with a single worker a week ago on the 5th but sadly no eggs. So far she hasn't laid any but I am not too worried after being shipped. Upon arrival I added some moist soil/sand mixture to the tube floor and offered her and her worker c...

My camponotus fedtschenkoi had her first worker sometime this week (Saturday is ant check day so sometime between last Sat and now). The new little one is busy helping with the brood and larvae. How soon should I feed? Do I need to wait till another worker or two appear? I figure a tiny cut of mealw...

I received a Messor Barbarus queen from a private seller this morning. The tube she and her first worker were shipped in is only about 7cm (3in) long. With cotton plugs for water and a stopper, she has marginally less than 1cm (1/2in) of space available to move about. I know shipping can be quite st...