But, I've been having .. fun..? ... trying to get rid of this round of birdseed moths... sometimes I don't know where they get their population explosion. They're more annoying than anything. But they make good crematogaster food, according to the feral colony's enthusiasm.
I've actually noticed that the feral crematos generally won't go after a moth that's still twitching. With exception of one smaller worker-warrior who decided to go all xena on it and jump onto it. (I hate squishing bugs by hand, but it's all I had nearby)
They were actually moving brood last night, I was happy watching them a little. ^_^ So maybe they were a little focused, but it seemed like they had a bunch of workers that had just eclosed? Lighter colored/smaller a bit, and it was the smaller ones that went after the moths like they had something to prove!
The one that attacked the dead moth emerged a few minutes later -covered- in moth dust like it had been rolled in powdered sugar. It sat to the side for a good few minutes cleaning itself like "oh ew ew ew ew...!"
I'm planning on hopefully having my cremato colony, once they're up to being in the tube+portal setup, on my desk in front of me with their nest-tube maybe covered in red transparent plastic or something. We'll see how it goes as it goes! I can't wait until I can watch them and their own adventures.
