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This is a male, look at the tip of the gaster.

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Yes, the ants will know when it's getting out of hand and will move.

Often small colonies go through periods when they don't need much. Just give them time and they should be fine.

Hmm, it does sound like CCD, I always thought it only happened to bees. The answer to your question depends on what your goal is: try to save the colony (2), learn more about this (1), or clean out your supplies and hope for another queen this year (3)? Personally, I would go for the second option, ...

Very interesting, have you seen them doing this or gotten any pictures? It seems like a hard task and I would like to know more.

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Oops, I just saw that you tried to upload an image
I um, undoubtedly saw it before

I must confess I have no experience with Brazilian ants and little with ants at all, but in general the process from egg to adult takes 1 to 2 months, yours will probably be on the longer side, though, because this species is very big. As for if you're doing this right, I'm not sure, but if these an...

I agree with idahoantgirl, your relationship to your parents is much more important than keeping a queen, but if you can convince them to let you keep her, do it. I had this problem recently, my mom wouldn't let me keep a queen I found, but after showing her that all it is for the first month or two...

Cool, one of my favorites! Don't see too many journals of this species.