So my aphaenogaster colony with 5 workers died. The queen died on the nest
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- Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:22 am
- Forum: The Ant Graveyard
- Topic: Aphaenogaster dead
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- Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Harvester ants help!!
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Re: Harvester ants help!!
A colony cannot survive without a queen, the queen usually is the one who lays drone eggs. Workers rarely lay eggs. Ants without social stomachs sometimes lays infertile eggs for the queen to eat.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:16 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Aphaenogaster colony journal
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Re: Aphaenogaster colony journal
19/1/2 3 of the workers died, I need urgent advice. There are only 5 workers in the nest now and it is getting big. I think there were a reason behind the deaths, my house recently underwent pest control and I fed them a moth that potentially had pesticide. Is there any way to get them eating and he...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 5:15 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Aphaenogaster colony journal
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Re: Aphaenogaster colony journal
18/1/23 They are now around 3 months old, i just realised how slow they were to start off, I only started this journal in January . I moved them into a new nest, I think it’s a tiny too big for them, smoothly dumped them into the outworks, no causalities. :D :D :D :lol: :lol: :lol: Here are some pic...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Aphaenogaster colony journal
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Re: Aphaenogaster colony journal
16/1/24
All their eggs have gone again, is it because of stress?
I fed them a moth lately.
How should I move them into a new nest? I can dump the: in the outworld but that can be risky, I already tried using light and heat
All their eggs have gone again, is it because of stress?
I fed them a moth lately.
How should I move them into a new nest? I can dump the: in the outworld but that can be risky, I already tried using light and heat
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:54 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Aphaenogaster colony journal
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Re: Aphaenogaster colony journal
Umm guys uhhh I wrote it as 2023 it’s actually 2024 lol.
Sry for the confusion
Sry for the confusion
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:04 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Aphaenogaster colony journal
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Re: Aphaenogaster colony journal
14/1/23 They have a huge batch of new eggs, around 15, over 6 developing larva, 4 developed larva and a pupa. It turns out my concerns about her laying eggs was wrong, they now have over 25 brood in total. :lol: the pupa is about to hatch too. so that will make the worker count 8. They are doing gre...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Aphaenogaster care and news
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Re: Aphaenogaster care and news
I live in Australia, but there are available esthetic ants test tube portals. Another method imma considering, as you have probably seen in my journal, is to move them into an arcrylic nest or ytong nest. I can immediately move them into the arcrylic one, but he ytong one at least needs 50 workers. ...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:40 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Aphaenogaster colony journal
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Re: Aphaenogaster colony journal
12/1/23 She laid more eggs, good amount of larva and an enclosing pupa in the brood pile ;) :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: Btw should I move her into an esthetic ants ytong nest or an arcrylic nest once they get to around 30 workers? The arcrylic nest has separator gates so I can actually move them in right ...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Queen not eating well
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Re: Queen not eating well
Ok i did.
I only check on the colony every 2 days to feed them, the queen laid more eggs
There gonna have 8 workers soon, gonna leave them be for now.
I only check on the colony every 2 days to feed them, the queen laid more eggs
There gonna have 8 workers soon, gonna leave them be for now.