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by BugBoy
Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:14 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Trap-Jaw Ants: How to raise properly
Replies: 1
Views: 1195

Re: Trap-Jaw Ants: How to raise properly

Hi Jasper Firstly addressing your past experience. Please do not introduce wild worker ants to your queen as they are likely not related and may fight each other. Even if they somehow accept each other, in my experience it still does not work out as the queen's eggs are always eaten and they end up ...
by BugBoy
Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:05 am
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Help with ants
Replies: 1
Views: 1508

Re: Help with ants

Hi! A picture of the ants would be great in order to identify their species as different species require different care. But in general, 1. check if you got the queen along with the colony as workers generally cannot reproduce, if no queen then best to release them. 2. Give them a nesting area with ...
by BugBoy
Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:07 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Trap jaw queen ant died
Replies: 14
Views: 7966

Re: Trap jaw queen ant died

They are really beautiful ants and are a must-have in any ant collection! Eggs take around 20-30 days to hatch, larvae take close to 3 weeks to pupate and pupa takes around a month to emerge. Overall takes nearly 3 months from egg to worker
by BugBoy
Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:40 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Trap jaw queen ant died
Replies: 14
Views: 7966

Re: Trap jaw queen ant died

Hey guys, apologies for the late reply. Hope this message finds y'all well! The colony is no longer with me but I remember they accepted the new queen! :) Well, a very late update but good! Unfortunately I think everyone who replied to your post are no longer active on this forum, not sure if they ...
by BugBoy
Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:45 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Trap jaw queen ant died
Replies: 14
Views: 7966

Re: Trap jaw queen ant died

Hey guys, apologies for the late reply. Hope this message finds y'all well! The colony is no longer with me but I remember they accepted the new queen! :)
by BugBoy
Fri Nov 29, 2019 9:30 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Introducing foreign black crazy ant queens
Replies: 1
Views: 1096

Introducing foreign black crazy ant queens

Hi there
I have a black crazy ant colony of around 20 workers and would like to add 3 queens to the colony. Any suggestions on how to add them successfully? Thanks!
by BugBoy
Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:20 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Is my queen bound to die??
Replies: 2
Views: 1634

Re: Is my queen bound to die??

You should move her into a test tube. Queens ants can be stressed when their nest areas is too big for the colony. She may not be laying eggs when stressed. Hope this helps!
by BugBoy
Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:18 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE NEW ANT SPECIES! *not clickbait*
Replies: 7
Views: 2357

Re: NEED HELP IDENTIFYING POSSIBLE NEW ANT SPECIES! *not clickbait*

The first one looks like a crematogastor species. The second one looks like a lasius species. Im not 100% sure but they look like it...
by BugBoy
Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:06 pm
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Carebara diversa in SG
Replies: 4
Views: 3147

Re: Carebara diversa in SG

My friend just caught a carebara diversa drone yesterday. It rained heavily yesterday so Im not sure if that's what trigered them out. Will continue to keep a lookout for the queens. Thanks for the info!
by BugBoy
Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:04 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Alates?
Replies: 7
Views: 3870

Re: Alates?

Thanks!