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So back in I want to say maybe sometime in april, maybe may I found a pogonomyrmex californicus queen in my yard, central/northern california, Turlock to be specific. Ive kept her in a small 1gallon critter keeper with sand since then and have a vial of water another vial of sugar water and have off...

Other than seeds what should I offer my p californicus colony once the workers start emerging? I’m currently offering the queen a vial of water a vial of sugar water and some dill/fennel seeds, I have the base outworld in a 5$ critter keeper but once they get large enough I’ll move them to a 20GL ta...

And upon looking at the cage, she killed and ate them not vise versa

I think I got extremely lucky, cause she’s still alive and the workers aren’t bothering her. But I wanted to do it as an experiment and see if they lose their colonies scent after a while and it seems they might have

I crushed some pull bugs, all I could find atm. But something more interesting I thought I’d introduce a few workers I found outside and separated from their nest for a good 12 hours. They aren’t killing her they’re smelling her and vice versa so I think they may end up serving her. Thoughts?

Can I offer her wild bird seed?

I think she is. A pogonomyrmex californicus

She is also desperately trying to escape so maybe she is semi clausteral?

https://imgur.com/gallery/4Gisz12

Could you email me? At HaydenP1995@gmail.com I can’t post the pics here files are too large