Nylanderia cf. flavipes

[CreeperUniverse]

My queen which I think is Nylanderia cf. flavipes just got 7 workers. I gave them an outworld, but fed them sugar water before hand anyway. I left some wet cat food and more sugar water in their outworld, as well as a crushed sunflower seed, but aren't seeing any activity. Is this because I fed them before, or should I switch the food?
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Also, they seem to be one of the species that cannot sense red light, as they acted like in darkness when I first put the film on them.

[JoeHostile]

Usually with a small colony like that I would feed them directly in the test tube. But They will come and eat when they are hungry as long as the cat food doesn't dry up. I don't like using cat food because of the stench. The trick is to make food available to them frequently so it's there whenever they want it. And definitely try giving them a bunch of different foods/seeds. Then you will figure out what their favourite food is.

[idahoantgirl]

Yeah, but I think it's a ton easier to feed them outside of the tube. It's alot more like what they would do in the wild.

[CreeperUniverse]

Yeah, but I think it's a ton easier to feed them outside of the tube. It's alot more like what they would do in the wild.

Same. And they forage A LOT. They've taken sand into the tube as well. So I'll suspect they're happy
They're favorites foods are cricket legs and sugar water.