C.penn queen filped over URGENT!!

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LukeTheGreat
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C.penn queen filped over URGENT!!

Post: # 36558Post LukeTheGreat
Wed May 30, 2018 3:02 pm

My c penn colony of 9 has had there queen flipped and she doesn’t seem able to right herself, she just struggles

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Re: C.penn queen filped over URGENT!!

Post: # 36614Post antnest8
Thu May 31, 2018 2:21 pm

where is she?

if she in in a test tube you might need a different nest i have noticed some camponotus queens have trouble in the test tubes round structure.
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Re: C.penn queen filped over URGENT!!

Post: # 37206Post jhaltmeyer
Sat Jun 09, 2018 1:57 pm

I am new at ant keeping but I managed to find two Camponotus queens. The test tubes I ordered had not arrived when I had found the first one but came the next day so had them for the second. I put the first one in a plastic oval shaped toothbrush travel case with cotton limiting the space and she has three to four times the amount of eggs than the one in the round test tube. I don't know if that is the reason but after reading antnest8's reply I'm thinking the flattened bottom of the toothbrush holder may be helping. I for one, am relieved to know that the toothbrush case wasn't a terrible idea after all. (This is my first queen ant!)

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Re: C.penn queen filped over URGENT!!

Post: # 37427Post AntsDakota
Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:00 pm

jhaltmeyer wrote:
Sat Jun 09, 2018 1:57 pm
I am new at ant keeping but I managed to find two Camponotus queens. The test tubes I ordered had not arrived when I had found the first one but came the next day so had them for the second. I put the first one in a plastic oval shaped toothbrush travel case with cotton limiting the space and she has three to four times the amount of eggs than the one in the round test tube. I don't know if that is the reason but after reading antnest8's reply I'm thinking the flattened bottom of the toothbrush holder may be helping. I for one, am relieved to know that the toothbrush case wasn't a terrible idea after all. (This is my first queen ant!)
I will try an experiment with my queens and see if flat surfaces indeed make queens lay more eggs.
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