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by Dandolfi
Mon Oct 08, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Eggs wont hatch
Replies: 8
Views: 4921

Re: Eggs wont hatch

I believe 1 more eig has hatched, but she has eaten her other eggs again. So now there are only 2 larvae, pretty sure she die this because i moved her around when placing her into a new room and she probably got a lot of stress because of me making pictures and exposing her to light. I left cotton s...
by Dandolfi
Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:12 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Eggs wont hatch
Replies: 8
Views: 4921

pictures of my setup

here are some pictures of my setup, and the best pictures i could get of my eggs and queen (sorry for the bad quality, had to use my phone). i have moved the queen to a room thats a bit warmer but it will still be below 20C when no one's home. http://u.cubeupload.com/dandolfi/IMG0840.jpg http://u.cu...
by Dandolfi
Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:51 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Eggs wont hatch
Replies: 8
Views: 4921

Eggs wont hatch

Hey, i have a lasius Niger queen who i cought a view months ago, one month ago i had to move er out of a moldy testube and she didnt take her eggs with her, she layed only about 4/5 eggs in the nee test tube, and These eggs havent hatched yet in about a month. I do keep her at probably 18 degrees C ...
by Dandolfi
Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:27 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Queen wont move eggs
Replies: 3
Views: 1971

Re: Queen wont move eggs

The queen might not have moved the eggs whith her because they have been afected by the mold outbreak, if thats the case you are alright because the queen has already moved on and laid another batch of eggs! However, the queen might also not have moved the eggs because she got stressed out by the l...
by Dandolfi
Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:27 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Queen wont move eggs
Replies: 3
Views: 1971

Queen wont move eggs

Hey there, i recently caught a Lacius niger queen ant she layed her fiest batch of eggs about 2 weeks ago, but around a 10 days ago the cotton started to develop mold. After around 5 or 6 days of light exposure my queen moved to a clean setup. But she didnt move her eggs with her. I didnt think to m...
by Dandolfi
Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:29 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Mold growth
Replies: 3
Views: 1887

Re: Mold growth

I dont have any heater small enough to heat just the 1 testube, i can use like you Said a light bulb that does warm up and get it very close to her. Keep in mind tough that is only a queen with eggs. So im very scores of her eating her eggs
by Dandolfi
Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:06 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Mold growth
Replies: 3
Views: 1887

Mold growth

Hey there, i have been a fan of ant keeping for a long time, ant recently i decided to finaly try and start my own colony. I cought a fertile lasius niger queen ant tot het in my testube setup. Right now she has been in her testube for about 2-3 weeks and got a pile of around 6-10 eggs. But i have b...