Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
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Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
Hi,
I have a young Camponotus albosparsus colony. It has a queen and 4 workers. I fed them 1 baby red runner roach, size about 5mm and killed.
The ants were very exited and brought the roach inside the test tube from the outworld, the next day the roach was outside the test tube.
I was just about to clean the left over, the ant brought the roach back in, the next day it was out again.
These happened for 3 days in a row.
Is the behavior normal?
Are they hungry? Should i feed them more?
Note: we fed them honey n jelly, they barely touch the jelly
I have a young Camponotus albosparsus colony. It has a queen and 4 workers. I fed them 1 baby red runner roach, size about 5mm and killed.
The ants were very exited and brought the roach inside the test tube from the outworld, the next day the roach was outside the test tube.
I was just about to clean the left over, the ant brought the roach back in, the next day it was out again.
These happened for 3 days in a row.
Is the behavior normal?
Are they hungry? Should i feed them more?
Note: we fed them honey n jelly, they barely touch the jelly
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Re: Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
You could try feeding them variety of food. I think they just wanna keep the roach and not let the big monke take it. You can remove the roach but should give them a new one if they have alot of larvae or their abdomen isnt looking fat
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Re: Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
My ants do these too much. I give them a variety of foods, and they carry mealworms heads around like peoples I phone. Even after they have beaten most of it, they put their larvae in it.(To eats whatever they can I guess). When I give them jelly, they eat it, or I have another ant species (not Camponotus) that will carry protein jelly pieces.DylanChen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:54 amHi,
I have a young Camponotus albosparsus colony. It has a queen and 4 workers. I fed them 1 baby red runner roach, size about 5mm and killed.
The ants were very exited and brought the roach inside the test tube from the outworld, the next day the roach was outside the test tube.
I was just about to clean the left over, the ant brought the roach back in, the next day it was out again.
These happened for 3 days in a row.
Is the behavior normal?
Are they hungry? Should i feed them more?
Note: we fed them honey n jelly, they barely touch the jelly
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Re: Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
Antloverhuman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:41 amYou could try feeding them variety of food. I think they just wanna keep the roach and not let the big monke take it. You can remove the roach but should give them a new one if they have alot of larvae or their abdomen isnt looking fat
Thank you, all their abdomen look swollen, esp. the repletes.
Re: Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
Glad that my ants are not brokenSolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:45 amMy ants do these too much. I give them a variety of foods, and they carry mealworms heads around like peoples I phone. Even after they have beaten most of it, they put their larvae in it.(To eats whatever they can I guess). When I give them jelly, they eat it, or I have another ant species (not Camponotus) that will carry protein jelly pieces.DylanChen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:54 amHi,
I have a young Camponotus albosparsus colony. It has a queen and 4 workers. I fed them 1 baby red runner roach, size about 5mm and killed.
The ants were very exited and brought the roach inside the test tube from the outworld, the next day the roach was outside the test tube.
I was just about to clean the left over, the ant brought the roach back in, the next day it was out again.
These happened for 3 days in a row.
Is the behavior normal?
Are they hungry? Should i feed them more?
Note: we fed them honey n jelly, they barely touch the jelly
Re: Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
It may just be because they think they haven't eaten all of the roach and decided to take back in their nest or they are just playing around with their food.
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Re: Camponotus albosparsus strange behavior
There playing sports with a roach corpse
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