pogonomyrmex occidentalis keep eating their own pupa?

[DarrellD]

I'm at an utter loss for words. I got a boosted colony from Tarheelants and I've moved them into the foundation Formica,given them plenty of seeds water and they been drinking a mix of the ant liquid food mixed with organic honey. Just yesterday I was excited to see one of the queens own pupa was starting to move and was nearly fully developed and would be up and about by the time I get home in the morning from work.
I come home to find the two boosted workers that came with the queen one with the decapitated head of the new worker in its head the other eating its corpse....it makes no sense its as if these workers are legitimately self sabotaging any progression. There was nothing wrong with the pupa it was on that point of beginning to awaken. I'm starting to get a bit depressed that its going to continue until there's nothing left I just don't know what to do at this point.
They did this same thing twice in the test tube setup they came in and so moved them a week or so ago and kept heat proper and humidity proper. I'm getting very frustrated and cannot figure out why they would kill a new worker who was moving as it was shedding off last skin to begin life.
Does anyone know why this keeps happening I have had them for 3 or so weeks now and the two workers who came with her seem to keep doing this!

[antperson24]

I'm at an utter loss for words. I got a boosted colony from Tarheelants and I've moved them into the foundation Formica,given them plenty of seeds water and they been drinking a mix of the ant liquid food mixed with organic honey. Just yesterday I was excited to see one of the queens own pupa was starting to move and was nearly fully developed and would be up and about by the time I get home in the morning from work.
I come home to find the two boosted workers that came with the queen one with the decapitated head of the new worker in its head the other eating its corpse....it makes no sense its as if these workers are legitimately self sabotaging any progression. There was nothing wrong with the pupa it was on that point of beginning to awaken. I'm starting to get a bit depressed that its going to continue until there's nothing left I just don't know what to do at this point.
They did this same thing twice in the test tube setup they came in and so moved them a week or so ago and kept heat proper and humidity proper. I'm getting very frustrated and cannot figure out why they would kill a new worker who was moving as it was shedding off last skin to begin life.
Does anyone know why this keeps happening I have had them for 3 or so weeks now and the two workers who came with her seem to keep doing this!

I don't think the brood boosted workers share the same sent as the original workers. You may need to remove the brood boosted workers, otherwise I think they will keep killing all the new workers.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I'm at an utter loss for words. I got a boosted colony from Tarheelants and I've moved them into the foundation Formica,given them plenty of seeds water and they been drinking a mix of the ant liquid food mixed with organic honey. Just yesterday I was excited to see one of the queens own pupa was starting to move and was nearly fully developed and would be up and about by the time I get home in the morning from work.
I come home to find the two boosted workers that came with the queen one with the decapitated head of the new worker in its head the other eating its corpse....it makes no sense its as if these workers are legitimately self sabotaging any progression. There was nothing wrong with the pupa it was on that point of beginning to awaken. I'm starting to get a bit depressed that its going to continue until there's nothing left I just don't know what to do at this point.
They did this same thing twice in the test tube setup they came in and so moved them a week or so ago and kept heat proper and humidity proper. I'm getting very frustrated and cannot figure out why they would kill a new worker who was moving as it was shedding off last skin to begin life.
Does anyone know why this keeps happening I have had them for 3 or so weeks now and the two workers who came with her seem to keep doing this!

Stress lack of food lack of protein lack of sugar water lack of heat etc would cause this

Just anything making the ants uncomfortable