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Hey! I'm pretty new to ant keeping and am currently running into issues with my water test tubes. The cotton balls seem to always grow, and I'm not sure how to stop it from happening. Any tips?

antperson24 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:27 pm

Joshua09 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 16, 2022 6:44 pm

antperson24 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 16, 2022 6:15 pm

Probably the worker died and they ate her.

Are you sure? Because usually, they put their dead in their graveyard, not eat them.

My small colonies always eat their dead, I assume for extra protein.

I figured it was for the protein, but I wasn't positive. Thank you for the response!!

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