My 20 Worker Colony Went Down

[SYUTEO]

There also could be my thought, its hibernating.
I might be doing this wrong though. Campo Sp. seems like they do hibernate, but I’m in a tropical country, anyone have thoughts?

I'm also in a tropical country and my Camponotus doesn't hibernate. However my Camponotus irritans colony with 30-40 workers seems to have a similar problem.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

There also could be my thought, its hibernating.
I might be doing this wrong though. Campo Sp. seems like they do hibernate, but I’m in a tropical country, anyone have thoughts?

I'm also in a tropical country and my Camponotus doesn't hibernate. However my Camponotus irritans colony with 30-40 workers seems to have a similar problem.

I think my ants will have a similar prob bc a nantic just died and there are only 5 others.

[Antloverhuman]

I have a colony of camponotus compressus and i live in india. I also thought they would not go in hibernation because i saw the workers of the same in the wild all year around. One day i woke up and saw they were hibernating. A month has passed and they are still hibernating.
Your queen might also be hibernating

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I have a colony of camponotus compressus and i live in india. I also thought they would not go in hibernation because i saw the workers of the same in the wild all year around. One day i woke up and saw they were hibernating. A month has passed and they are still hibernating.
Your queen might also be hibernating

My species don’t hibernate. Only diapause. They are in diapause right now

[ColinKim]

Well, I mean I don’t see them rolling up into a ball like if they’re hibernating, usually they tend to roll into one to stop their maintenance and their duties to save energy.

[Antloverhuman]

I haven't heard ants rolling into a ball during hibernation. Mine are just sitting, not moving at all. Have they hibernated before? Did you see them do this at that time?

[ColinKim]

I haven't heard ants rolling into a ball during hibernation. Mine are just sitting, not moving at all. Have they hibernated before? Did you see them do this at that time?

Never did.

[AntsLuxembourg]

The following fact is not completely true. Please check the following posts.

I haven't heard ants rolling into a ball during hibernation. Mine are just sitting, not moving at all. Have they hibernated before? Did you see them do this at that time?

Never did.

Usually when ants role up into a ball, it means they are dead. I have never heard of ants rolling up for anything except death. Also know as death curl. So unless someone presents us a science paper where this was observed or unless they uncurl, you can assume the affect ants are dead and will be moved out soon enough.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I haven't heard ants rolling into a ball during hibernation. Mine are just sitting, not moving at all. Have they hibernated before? Did you see them do this at that time?

Never did.

Usually when ants role up into a ball, it means they are dead. I have never heard of ants rolling up for anything except death. Also know as death curl. So unless someone presents us a science paper where this was observed or unless they uncurl, you can assume the affect ants are dead and will be moved out soon enough.

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[AntsLuxembourg]

XD LOOK AT THE LINK LOL
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BOHZyR1glQw
ITS EVEN FROM THE OWNER OF THIS WEBSITE LOL :LOL:

Pog.
I would like to retract my previous statement then.
I've never heard of it or seen it but it is good to know that it actually does happen / exist. For my defense I started watching AntsCanada about 5 years ago or and I didn't start with his oldest videos. Hence why I was unaware of this kind of curl up. Good that some of us here pay more attention to his videos. ^^