I just lost two Sol. Inv. Queens in their test tubes.
1 kinda makes sense. it appears she somehow got entangled in the cotton. I am not sure how that happened but I could not get her corpse physically separated out of the cotton.
The second bothers me.
I rescued a queen (with wings) from my pool. She was really in bad shape but I got her out of the water and set her in the sun for awhile to dry out. I took a little bit, but she perked up and seemed okay. I put her in a test tube, all is well.
I did not have high hopes, but about a week in and eggs!
So I check on here in the morning and she was happily caring for her brood. That evening my daughter wanted a peek. She had not seen the eggs. I know they should not be disturbed too much, so we went for a quick peek and then back into the dark. But she was dead. She seemed absolutely fine...and then absolutely dead. and all the orphaned eggs.
I wonder what happened. Should I have tried feeding her?
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Re: Strange Death
Could be from the extreme stress of almost drowning, I had a similar situation happen to me with an ant that almost died. I do wonder if being full (from being fed) could have helped her, will definitely try it next time!
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1x Formica Pacifica
2x Camponotus Modoc
1x Tetramorium Immigrans
2x Lasius Sp
Founding:
3x Lasius Sp
2x Formica Argentea
2x Myrmica Rubra
GAN Farmer: 4 Colonies sold
Goal: Supply school science classes with colonies for learning.
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Re: Strange Death
She could've been ill or just disturbed too much.
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