My Ponerine Queen

[seadawg84]

So, I posted on here a while back that I have a ponerine queen. Not sure what species. But I wanted to share my joy that FINALLY, there is brood. I caught her last fall, hibernated her over 3 months (all the while making sure to add springtails since she's semi-claustral), and then have been keeping her fed since I let her out of hibernation in February. The other day I looked into her setup and low and behold, there are a few larvae. I was starting to worry that she was not fertilized (I guess she still could not be, if these larvae end up being males). So, I have her in a moist soil setup where there's soil in her test tubes as well as in the AC Test Tube Portal. I regularly feed her springtails from a large culture I have. Is there anything else I should do or look out for? Should I change their setup once the brood pupate? Just curious if there's anything I haven't thought of to do to have these ants in the best situation possible.

Here's a picture of the setup:
https://imgur.com/tYCMRJA

Here are some pictures of the eggs/larvae (best quality I could get):
https://imgur.com/5UZZ6Kk
https://imgur.com/qbjT6zc

[antperson24]

So, I posted on here a while back that I have a ponerine queen. Not sure what species. But I wanted to share my joy that FINALLY, there is brood. I caught her last fall, hibernated her over 3 months (all the while making sure to add springtails since she's semi-claustral), and then have been keeping her fed since I let her out of hibernation in February. The other day I looked into her setup and low and behold, there are a few larvae. I was starting to worry that she was not fertilized (I guess she still could not be, if these larvae end up being males). So, I have her in a moist soil setup where there's soil in her test tubes as well as in the AC Test Tube Portal. I regularly feed her springtails from a large culture I have. Is there anything else I should do or look out for? Should I change their setup once the brood pupate? Just curious if there's anything I haven't thought of to do to have these ants in the best situation possible.

Here's a picture of the setup:
https://imgur.com/tYCMRJA

Here are some pictures of the eggs/larvae (best quality I could get):
https://imgur.com/5UZZ6Kk
https://imgur.com/qbjT6zc

Everything looks fine. Congratulations on your success, that takes a lot of patients!