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I guess patience wins the day, again. I peeked at her this morning, three eggs :D She reacted to the light by waving her antennae and standing over her eggs, so much better than the freak out of a week ago. The eggs were on the wet cotton side but separated from it by around a 1/4 inch. So I think I...

Hey all, I recently was looking up mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) vs super worms (Zoohobas morio) and I ran into giant mealworms (Tenebrio molitor + juvenile hormone). It sounds like a product is applied to the meal worms that keeps them from molting so they can’t go on to the next stage but continue ...

For the humidity what do you recommend? I could add a piece of rubber tubing to the end of the test tube essentially making the test tube longer so she can get further away from the water reservoir. I don’t know if that would make the nest too large. The other thought I had was just attaching it to ...

I am a noob, so grain of salt... I am really liking frozen corn kernels. My Tetramorium immigrans workers seem to really like them (even when they are starting to dry out). I know they are not a very picky ant so perhaps it doesn't work for others? Corn is really starchy so I feel like it is an adeq...

Hey all I am new, Are Camponotus queens in general more active in their test tube setup than say Tetramorium immigrans? (my only other experience). I found this queen a week ago. I think she is quite fetching! (sorry just took a couple quick snaps before setting her up, so not the best quality. figu...

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Update: I think I over estimated the size of the workers. They are closer to 3mm. The queens appear to be 6-7mm. The area where I found the queens last summer was desert with sagebrush near irrigated farm fields, mostly wheat and potatoes. The Columbia river is about a half mile away. I have attache...

Hello, Would anyone be able to help me out? I am definitely a novice. I had the desire to find some queens last summer (6/18/2018) so I started paying closer attention to the weather. One morning at work I had a new queen land on me, an hour or so later this is what I found. https://i.imgur.com/JgQe...