My Formica ravida Parasitic ant queen, host formica workers.

[FarrAnts]

Hello! I managed to get pupae for my ant queen, 25 or so formica pupae. One has already hatched out of the cocoon. Should I buy a formicarium now, or what? Should I grab more pupae for her? I can if it would be better for her. Lol I'm pretty nervous and I don't want anything to go wrong. Thanks!!

[Martialis]

I would wait. Additionally, it sounds like you've got enough pupae. Remember to feed them after a few more have eclosed; mealworms, crickets, or other small arthropods.

[FarrAnts]

I would wait. Additionally, it sounds like you've got enough pupae. Remember to feed them after a few more have eclosed; mealworms, crickets, or other small arthropods.

Awesome! Should I put the food into the test tube? Also, how many more should I wait to enclose to feed? And should I break the food up? Lol sorry I'm so nervous, and thanks for the help!

[Martialis]

If you have a small tubberware, you can set the tube in there as an outworld. When they get a few more workers, they should go out and forage.

[FarrAnts]

If you have a small tubberware, you can set the tube in there as an outworld. When they get a few more workers, they should go out and forage.

Lol how many is a few

[Martialis]

Three to five is good.

[FarrAnts]

Three to five is good.

Thanks, and sorry for being a pest.. should I bread up the food you told me to get? And should I just put the test tube in the Tupper ware container, and take the coton out of the test tube? Or get a straw and put it between the test tube out? And when I do that, should I leave food right at the entrance?

[Martialis]

Taking the cotton itself out is fine, I do that with mine. What do you mean by bread up?

[FarrAnts]

Taking the cotton itself out is fine, I do that with mine. What do you mean by bread up?

OH lol. Break up**

[Martialis]

Yup! A small piece will work.