Do Queens Eat their Eggs?

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Do Queens Eat their Eggs?

Post: # 28661Post AqdasHassaan
Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:57 pm

Hi guys, hope you all are doing great.

My Phidole queen has laid her first batch of eggs all over in the test tube, I could clearly see some eggs at one side of the test tube and some on the other side of tube. She is untidy for sure. :lol: But today I wanted to have a look at her and how she is doing but I was completely shocked to see only few eggs in the middle of test tube and she was tending them. I could not find any other egg anywhere in test tube. That raised this question in my mind. Do queens eat their own eggs.?

I know this is kinda odd to ask but some animals do eat their babies like snakes, fish etc. No hate.

Nj6000

Re: Do Queens Eat their Eggs?

Post: # 28676Post Nj6000
Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:34 pm

Yes queen ants eat their eggs .

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Re: Do Queens Eat their Eggs?

Post: # 28677Post idahoantgirl
Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:36 pm

Yes, but.... only if they are stressed out. leave her alone and dont check on her more than once a week and she should calm down.
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile

AqdasHassaan

Re: Do Queens Eat their Eggs?

Post: # 28711Post AqdasHassaan
Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:21 am

idahoantgirl wrote:
Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:36 pm
Yes, but.... only if they are stressed out. leave her alone and dont check on her more than once a week and she should calm down.
I see. Thanks for the tip. :) I'll be more careful from now on.

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