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by wardh99
Tue Jun 15, 2021 3:48 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Queen ant moving eggs
Replies: 2
Views: 1442

Queen ant moving eggs

Hi, I have a Polyrhachis Vermiculosa queen and she has a few eggs and a pupa. Anyway I have been watching she has a bunch of eggs all together plus a pupa. Anyway she seems to want to move them around then put them back for a while then carry them off. Anyway I guess I am surprised. I would of thoug...
by wardh99
Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:43 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Ant Queen laying eggs - how many?
Replies: 5
Views: 4285

Re: Ant Queen laying eggs - how many?

Hi Everybody, Thanks great answers. As you have explained the build up cycle. Is there any way to guess when I might get my next egg and what rate initially (as a rough guess). I do understand this might be an impossible question for people to answer :) I have at the moment a Polyrhachis Vermiculosa...
by wardh99
Wed May 05, 2021 8:49 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Ant Queen laying eggs - how many?
Replies: 5
Views: 4285

Ant Queen laying eggs - how many?

Hi, I am trying thinking about setting up an ant farm. However I am trying to work out how many eggs the queen might lay. So does it work something like this the queen regulates how may workers are needed based on the nest size and available food supply etc (by instinct) or will she keep laying unti...