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Help!!
I caught a queen while emptying dirt from plant boxes and i found what I think to be camponotous pencylvannicus or maculatus. before i began digging i saw some workers ontop of the box of what appeared to be the same species. I wasnt able to find any workers or brood though. Will she redo the claustral stage? she is pulling at the cotton a lot.
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A claustral queen survives and raises her nanitics by breaking down the flight muscles in her thorax, as well as from proteins from consumption before her nuptial flight. It is unlikely that she will have enough reserves to raise another batch of workers.
You'd be best off releasing her back where you found her.
You'd be best off releasing her back where you found her.
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Collect All The Workers You're Able To Locate, And Put Them Together With Her.
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She still has that one worker with her, she has laid eggs. I am moving her into a new test tube setup, what should i be feeding her?
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Feed them broke up insects and sugar water on a little tray so it is easy to clean up
Keeping.
lepisiota capensis colony
Cardiocondyla sp.
Founding
Messor. Sp. X 4
Myrmicine Sp. X 2
atopomyrmex Sp. X 2
Ants SA
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lepisiota capensis colony
Cardiocondyla sp.
Founding
Messor. Sp. X 4
Myrmicine Sp. X 2
atopomyrmex Sp. X 2
Ants SA
YouTube :
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC404jNiUH33dFnxqSZajoPg
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They'll need small, soft-bodied insects and fresh sugar water. Don't move them around unless you absolutely need to (regarding this new test-tube). They will need a foraging area.
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How big of a foraging area?Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2017 3:09 pmThey'll need small, soft-bodied insects and fresh sugar water. Don't move them around unless you absolutely need to (regarding this new test-tube). They will need a foraging area.
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Would cricket legs work?Pineapple wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2017 7:34 amHow big of a foraging area?Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2017 3:09 pmThey'll need small, soft-bodied insects and fresh sugar water. Don't move them around unless you absolutely need to (regarding this new test-tube). They will need a foraging area.
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