Pavement queen with extended gaster
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Pavement queen with extended gaster
My old pavement queen (no workers yet )has been having eggs for MONTHS with still no workers or even pupae. Unfortunately ,that time caused mold to form and now, the queen has big belly. Normally this is GOOD but she already has a brood pile and they aren't hatching. Is this some kind of infertility or what?
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Re: Pavement queen with extended gaster
Sounds like she is mated. Did you feed her any thing? It may be cold where the queen is placed which is making the process slower
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camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
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camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony
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Re: Pavement queen with extended gaster
I did feed her some honey bc I was worried she would starve (no food for months!) but yes, it is rather cold in the place I put her in.
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all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
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Re: Pavement queen with extended gaster
Well then extended gaster could be because of the food in her stomach and the eggs arent growing quick because of cold
Ants I have-
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony
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Re: Pavement queen with extended gaster
Mold is fine until covers the entire Cotten, I have a queen that seems to “panic” with the mold and is now ahead of queens I caught before her. She has matured larvae before the oldest queens eggs have hatchedAntloverhuman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:44 amWell then extended gaster could be because of the food in her stomach and the eggs arent growing quick because of cold
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Re: Pavement queen with extended gaster
Okay. I guess some are different. But I have a feeling the mold is not too bad because its been there for a month but is still tiny.
keeping:
all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
all my queens died
got a sugar ant colony started
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