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Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:52 am
by antperson24
RaptorX wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 5:15 am
UPDATE: she died
The third one?
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 6:51 am
by RaptorX
yes
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:50 pm
by RaptorX
today marks the 10th day since I caught my first and only queen ants
I am starting to go insane, for 10 days they are not doing anything except wandering around the test tube doing nothing.
if they were going to die they would have died by now but I don't get why they haven't, they are just wasting my time at this point.
I don't know if this is normal or not but it's just stressing me out at this point and I can't stand 30 minutes without the thought that I could just walk up to the closet I am keeping them in to find out they are dead!
1) they don't drink the water
2)the 2nd one did not rip its wings out
3) I am not seeing any motivation for them to start a colony whatsoever
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:32 am
by RaptorX
please help
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:20 pm
by SYUTEO
If they're a semi-claustral species they won't found unless given food. Which one of the ants you caught is having this problem? The Myrmicine ant queen you caught?
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:56 am
by RaptorX
both of them
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2023 1:35 pm
by antperson24
RaptorX wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:50 pm
today marks the 10th day since I caught my first and only queen ants
I am starting to go insane, for 10 days they are not doing anything except wandering around the test tube doing nothing.
if they were going to die they would have died by now but I don't get why they haven't, they are just wasting my time at this point.
I don't know if this is normal or not but it's just stressing me out at this point and I can't stand 30 minutes without the thought that I could just walk up to the closet I am keeping them in to find out they are dead!
1) they don't drink the water
2)the 2nd one did not rip its wings out
3) I am not seeing any motivation for them to start a colony whatsoever
If feeding them does not help, they might not be fertile.
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Tue May 02, 2023 10:40 am
by RaptorX
I can confirm they are fertile because ever since i stopped checking up on them so often they are making a pile of brood
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 12:12 pm
by RaptorX
today when I checked up on the ants I noticed something strange........a ball of brood!
Now I did not see the queen licking the brood just like in youtube videos, actually, she was on the other side of the tube!
After 1 week when I checked up on her again, I saw her tending to the brood, but my main question is: should they be licking the brood 24/7 or just from time to time?
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Posted: Thu May 11, 2023 3:54 pm
by antperson24
RaptorX wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:12 pm
today when I checked up on the ants I noticed something strange........a ball of brood!
Now I did not see the queen licking the brood just like in youtube videos, actually, she was on the other side of the tube!
After 1 week when I checked up on her again, I saw her tending to the brood, but my main question is: should they be licking the brood 24/7 or just from time to time?
Just when ever she feels it nessacery, so not all the time.