Caught in trail next to ravine earlier this month. She's 7-8mm long. I suspect she's Myrmica sp. and I caught her while she was out scavenging (hence the setup in pic #2). One node clearly visible if you zoom into the photo.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhTdhPaBn5rd0pha3FoeFFqVHM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhTdhPaBn5rU1pMLXFXTXM4aEU/view?usp=sharing
My first time with semi claustral queen.. can somebody tell me if the setup is okay? Plus how often do I need to stick a fruit fly in the "outworld" section? She's spending a lot more time there than in the left chamber.
Caught Sept 4 Toronto
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Re: Caught Sept 4 Toronto
This is the very peculiar, very late Tetramorium queen. Perhaps she was ejected from co-founding a colony earlier this year. She will probably need to be treated like she is semi-claustral.
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Re: Caught Sept 4 Toronto
Yea that's definitely a tetramorium queen, I have a couple of tetramorium sp. e colonies and I didn't feed them until they had their first workers. But maybe it would be a good idea to feed her since she was found so late. As far as I know all tetramorium are fully claustral, but it's probably okay. Not entirely sure how the setup works, but it looks ok. Is there a hole in the cotton for her to climb through?ceez05 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:16 pmCaught in trail next to ravine earlier this month. She's 7-8mm long. I suspect she's Myrmica sp. and I caught her while she was out scavenging (hence the setup in pic #2). One node clearly visible if you zoom into the photo.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhTdhPaBn5rd0pha3FoeFFqVHM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhTdhPaBn5rU1pMLXFXTXM4aEU/view?usp=sharing
My first time with semi claustral queen.. can somebody tell me if the setup is okay? Plus how often do I need to stick a fruit fly in the "outworld" section? She's spending a lot more time there than in the left chamber.
Good luck!
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Anything but tetramorium please
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Anything but tetramorium please
Re: Caught Sept 4 Toronto
Idahoantguy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:35 pmYea that's definitely a tetramorium queen, I have a couple of tetramorium sp. e colonies and I didn't feed them until they had their first workers. But maybe it would be a good idea to feed her since she was found so late. As far as I know all tetramorium are fully claustral, but it's probably okay. Not entirely sure how the setup works, but it looks ok. Is there a hole in the cotton for her to climb through?
Good luck!
There's a straw in the middle of the cotton between the two chambers so she can move back and forth. I've wrapped the left chamber with tin foil so she's more comfortable.Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:19 pmThis is the very peculiar, very late Tetramorium queen. Perhaps she was ejected from co-founding a colony earlier this year. She will probably need to be treated like she is semi-claustral.
How often do I need to feed her? She's a bit of a special case it seems..
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Re: Caught Sept 4 Toronto
I'm not entirely sure, just start giving her some food, and if she eats all of it give her more. If she doesn't eat it then you know hats all you have to give her. Just test it out.ceez05 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:54 amIdahoantguy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:35 pmYea that's definitely a tetramorium queen, I have a couple of tetramorium sp. e colonies and I didn't feed them until they had their first workers. But maybe it would be a good idea to feed her since she was found so late. As far as I know all tetramorium are fully claustral, but it's probably okay. Not entirely sure how the setup works, but it looks ok. Is there a hole in the cotton for her to climb through?
Good luck!There's a straw in the middle of the cotton between the two chambers so she can move back and forth. I've wrapped the left chamber with tin foil so she's more comfortable.Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:19 pmThis is the very peculiar, very late Tetramorium queen. Perhaps she was ejected from co-founding a colony earlier this year. She will probably need to be treated like she is semi-claustral.
How often do I need to feed her? She's a bit of a special case it seems..
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Anything but tetramorium please
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Anything but tetramorium please
Re: Caught Sept 4 Toronto
She's probably not semi claustral. I saw many tetramorium colonies having nuptial flights over the past 2 weeks, since this week has been quite hot in the GTA. It was super cold, and because there was such a jump in heat, many different species sent out their queens. You don't have to feed her (IMO), but it never hurts to add a cotton ball with honey.ceez05 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:16 pmCaught in trail next to ravine earlier this month. She's 7-8mm long. I suspect she's Myrmica sp. and I caught her while she was out scavenging (hence the setup in pic #2). One node clearly visible if you zoom into the photo.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhTdhPaBn5rd0pha3FoeFFqVHM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByhTdhPaBn5rU1pMLXFXTXM4aEU/view?usp=sharing
My first time with semi claustral queen.. can somebody tell me if the setup is okay? Plus how often do I need to stick a fruit fly in the "outworld" section? She's spending a lot more time there than in the left chamber.
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