Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
That will work, post it in the ant id forum. I apologize that I cannot id them.
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
I just posted it there, hopefully someone can figure it out, if they are social, does that mean I would have to put them together?
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
No, a social parasite needs a host colony in order to raise their own colony. They typically will infiltrate a nest and kill their queen, then take her place.
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
That wouldn’t make sense because they both started raising there own eggs and larve but Just stopped one day. I think it could be stress, how quiet does it have to be for them?
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
Not very in my experience. I have mine in a cupboard right above my bed and they seem content until I open the box. I had forelius until recently, I have honeypots, pogonomyrmex rugoso, and novomessor up there. All do well. Based on what you've shared, unless they aren't fertile, which is possible even if they have eggs and larva, they might be social parasites. I doubt very much that only checking on them once a week is enough to cause stress to the point they eat all their brood.
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
Or could it be that it is so close to there hibernation season that they are going to wait until hibernation is over?
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
That's possible. I don't know enough about lasius up there to say.
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
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Re: Queen stopped taking care of her eggs a week after being caught, why?
That's why I asked for the species. You never know whether they could be fully-claustral, semi-claustral or parasitic.StormDancer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:22 pmPost pics for someone to ID, they might be social parasites.
I'm unable to ID it tough, I'm sorry, I'm still learning in this field.
Keeping the following colonies:
- [2x] Camponotus Barbaricus
- [2x] Lasius Flavus
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