Ant Journal | Solenopsis Molesta (Thief Ants)

[AntsOntario]

OMG This Accedintuly Helped Me!I HAVE A S.MOLESTA COLONY NOT A L.HUMILE THX!Here My Colony Of Them!

Glad I could help!

Umm My Workers All Died.The Queen Is Fine.Theres A Worker That Should Expose Tommorow.So..How Do I Get Them To Steal Brood?Also,Can I Use Brood From Solenopsis Invicta?

They steal brood to eat and feed their own larvae. They don't actually raise them, as far as I know. You can try adding brood of the same species, and see if they accept it though.

[antsRlife]

OK, I've been moving rejected eggs from one of my camponotus spp and a new queen loves having a lot of brood, so that would probably work.

[AntsDakota]

Their queens only live about a year, due to their small size. Yet a single queen can grow her colony to a few thousand in that period of time. At the peak of their egg laying, they should lay about 100 or so eggs a day!