She didn't make it. I could not figure out how to save her. She had water in the test tube with the cotton ball, I fed her a drop or two of sugar water, and a piece of fish food. I feel so bad. Does anyone have any insights? I will put her brood with an area outside that I think are her same specie...
Ooh thats so nice. Hopefully my colony can also grow this big and i can celebrate like you :D AYYY past me they did get that old but can't celebrate cuz they don't fricking eat anything :lol: Lol, Camponotus are usually not that picky, although a lot of Google images show them tending to "ant cows"...
Greetings fellow ant keeper! Im a musician from austria so please excuse my english ;) So I nursed a nearly dying ant colony of Messor Barbarus from 5 to a thriving empire of a few thousands in the last 3 years. I decided to add a new nesting space (in additon to my AntsCanada hybrid nest), so I bu...
Hello everybody I caught this queen in Israel (Ra'ananaa, specifically) about a month ago, she had no wings but I saw she has scars. She is about a centimeter and a half long. please help me identify my queen here's a few pictures: http://imgur.com/a/mfq6Ftt Thank you all!!! Camponotus sp. (Only fo...
Hi guys, I'm from Sydney, Australia and it is winter here. Over the last few nights I've caught quite a few of these queens, about 8mm. I'm pretty sure they are queens, they have quite a large gaster. They are not Irodomyrmex Bicknelli as the heads on these queens are larger, however roughly the sa...
Hello guys! I live in Brazil and a few months ago I got an Ectatomma sp and quickly she laid her first eggs and soon the first larva was born. But I noticed that she hardly ever laid eggs and that the first larva took almost 2 months to become pupa. And, to my dismay, just over a week after it had ...
hey all, pics first: https://i.imgur.com/j9cBxGG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Jrkd5mf.jpg hope they'll do, i know they're not great - but can't seem to get them any better with my current equipment. okay so: i found this in grass in an open area around some houses. as mentioned in the title - in western...